Media & society / Michael O'Shaughnessy and Jane Stadler with Sarah Casey.

By:

O'Shaughnessy, Michael, 1951- [author.]

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Publication details: Melbourne : Oxford University Press, 2016Edition: Sixth editionDescription: xvii, 455 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmISBN:

9780195597240 (pbk.)
0195597249 (pbk.)

Other title:

Media and society

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DDC classification:

302.23 22

LOC classification:

HM1206 .O74 2016

Contents:

PART 1: Getting Ready: The Media and Media Studies.-- Defining the media -- Media studies -- What do the media do to us? Media and society -- What's in a name? Language and the social construction of reality -- Mediation and representation -- Texts, meanings, and audiences -- New media and technological development .-- PART 2 : Pictures: Semiotic Analysis-- Semiology -- Reading images and advertisements -- Model essay: semiotic analysis of an advertisement.-- PART 3: Making Sense: Discourse, Ideology, and Hegemony -- Discourse and ideology -- Dominant ideology and hegemony --PART 4: Stories: Approaches for Narrative Analysis.-- Genres, codes, and conventions -- The language of film: American beauty -- Narrative structure and binary oppositions -- Digital Television and Interactive Narratives.-- Documentary and reality TV -- Why stories? -- PART 5: Media and Identity: Representation, Impact, and Influence.-- Feminism, Postfeminist, and ideologies of femininity -- Ideologies and discourses of masculinity -- Ethnicity, ideology, and the media -- Stars and celebrities --PART 6: Buy the Keep Moving the Posts: Postmodern and Global Perspectives.-- Postmodernism -- Globalization.

Summary: Explores the media's influence in our world, providing a comprehensive introduction to the main concepts and theories used in media studies. Includes examples and case studies from TV, film, advertisements, photographs, the internet and print publications, from Australia and elsewhere. J. Stadler University of Queensland.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	URBE Library General Stacks	Non-fiction	HM1206 .O74 2016 C.1 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		0818
Books	URBE Library General Stacks	Non-fiction	HM1206 .O74 2016 C.2 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	2	Available		0819

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 435-446) and index.

Explores the media's influence in our world, providing a comprehensive introduction to the main concepts and theories used in media studies. Includes examples and case studies from TV, film, advertisements, photographs, the internet and print publications, from Australia and elsewhere. J. Stadler University of Queensland.

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