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Questioning the Media John D. H. Downing

Questioning the Media By John D. H. Downing

Questioning the Media by John D. H. Downing

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'Clearly written, with careful signposting of relevant debates, this reader in the "critical tradition" is a model of an introductory cultural and media studies text.... the writing is accessible, the concepts and arguments are sophisticated, and the tone is one of committed engagement' - Media International Australia

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Questioning the Media: A Critical Introduction by John D. H. Downing

The new edition of this successful text has been updated and extensively revised to provide students with an engaging introduction to media studies.

Practical and accessible, Questioning the Media invites readers to be active participants in the process of understanding the importance of the media today. New chapters on media and identity, global media influences, computer-mediated communication, feminist media theories, popular music and news coverage of AIDS enhance the previous collection of original works by distinguished contributors.

With helpful introductions to each section and chapter, this innovative volume offers diverse critical perspectives on media studies, political economy, cultural studies, the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory, feminism, audience ethnography and cultural dependency. Students can examine thoroughly topics in mass culture, technology, international communication and more. Throughout the book sophisticated terms and concepts are explained, making this the ideal critical introduction to media studies.

About John D. H. Downing

John Downing is Professor in the Department of Radio-Television-Film at the Univeristy of Texas, Austin. He is a co-editor of Questioning the Media (1990) and has contributed to the journals Media, Culture & Society and Discourse & Society Dr Ali Mohammadi is Reader in the Department of English and Media Studies at Nottingham Trent University. He is co-author with Annabelle Sreberny-Mohammadi, of Small Media, Big Revolution: Communication and Culture and The Iranian Revolution (1994). He is also co-editor of Questioning the Media (1994) CONTRIBUTORS OUTSIDE WESTERN HEMISPHERE Oliver Boyd-Barrett University of Leicester Cees Hamelink University of Amsterdam Ralph Negrine University of Leicester John Tomlinson Nottingham Trent University

Table of Contents

PART I: INTRODUCTORY PERSPECTIVES: CULTURE, HISTORY, TECHNOLOGY Culture and Communication - Alan O'Connor and John Downing Forms of Media as Ways of Knowing - Annabelle Sreberny-Mohammadi Mediating Communication - Joshua Meyrowitz What Happens? How Are Media Born and Developed? - Brian Winston PART II: MEDIA, POWER AND CONTROL Media in the US Political Economy - Edward Herman Mass Media and the US Presidency - Cedric J Robinson The Tug-of-War over the First Amendment - Donna A Demac and John Downing Control Mechanisms of National News Making - America Rodriguez Britain, Canada, Mexico and the United States Western European Media - Denis McQuail The Mixed Model under Threat Media in Multicultural Nations - Andrew Jakubowicz Some Comparisons Media, Dictatorship and the Reemergence of `Civil Society' - John Downing PART III: AUDIENCES AND USERS The Nature of the Audience - Ien Ang Tracking the Audience - Oscar H Gandy Jr Personal Information and Privacy Alternative Media and the Boston Tea Party - John Downing PART IV: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES Computers and Communication - Nikhil Sinha and Allucquere Rosanne Stone New Communication Technologies and Deregulation - Donna A Demac with Liching Sung Information Imbalance across the Globe - Cees J Hamelink PART V: MASS MEDIA AND POPULAR CULTURE Gender, Representation and the Media - Liesbet van Zoonen Advertising and Consumer Culture - Douglas Kellner Racism and the American Way of Media - Ash Corea Cultural Imperialism and Cultural Identity - Ali Mohammadi Popular Music - Keith Negus Between Celebration and Despair Cinema and Communication - Mary Desjardins AIDS News and News Cultures - Kevin Williams and David Miller Global News Media Cover the World - Annabelle Sreberny-Mohammadi Myths in and about Television - Sari Thomas Entertainers and Economics Sport and the Spectacle - Michael Real

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GOR002657809
9780803971974
0803971974
Questioning the Media: A Critical Introduction by John D. H. Downing
John D. H. Downing
Used - Very Good
Paperback
SAGE Publications Inc
1995-05-03
544
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