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Understanding media cultures : social theory and mass communication / Nick Stevenson
Bib ID 676976
Format BookBook
Author
Stevenson, Nick
 
Description London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage, 1995. 
238 p. ; 25 cm. 
ISBN 0803989318 (pbk.)  080398930X (cased) :  080398930X  080398930X : 
Summary

This fascinating and accessible book provides an overview of the ways in which social theories of contemporary society have tried to deal with the place of the media in the production and reproduction of culture. At the same time, Nick Stevenson illuminates the relation between general social theory and the range of communications theories of the medium and the messageconcepts of media production, communication and reception.

The key social theories of mass communication are clearly and critically examined. The text highlights the work of individual theorists including Raymond Williams, Stuart Hall, Jurgen Habermas, Marshall McLuhan, Fredric Jameson and Jean Baudrillard. The book also covers important traditions of media analysis from feminism, cultural studies and audience research. Showing how these theories can be seen as crucial in understanding contemporary societies and cultures, Stevenson invites a reappraisal of issues as varied as concepts of ideology, structure and agency, and of the role of the media in questions of ethics and citizenship. Understanding Media Cultures will be essential reading for students of social theory, mass communication, sociology of the media and cultural studies.

Full contents
  • 1. Marxism and Mass Communication Research. Debates within Political Economy and Ideology: Raymond Williams, Glasgow University Media Group and Stuart Hall
  • 2. Habermas, Mass Culture and the Public Sphere
  • 3. Critical Perspectives within Audience Research. Problems in Interpretation, Agency, Structure and Ideology
  • 4. Marshall McLuhan and the Cultural Medium. Space, Time and Implosion in the Global Village
  • 5. Baudrillard's Blizzards. Postmodernity, Mass Communications and Symbolic Exchange
  • 6. Perspectives in Media Cultures and Social Theory.
 
Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [218]-229) and index.

Subjects Communication - Social aspects.  |  Mass media - Social aspects.
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