This invative introduction to media studies challenges conventional accounts of what media do to people - focusing instead on what people do with media in the course of everyday life. Drawing on philosophical and political accounts of daily life, Tim Markham questions taken-for-granted rms about media and encourages critical thinking about how media underpin the way we experience our lives. The book contains a range of useful features which are designed to aid learning, including: - On-page definitions of key terms and concepts; - 'Major Thinker' profiles to highlight some of the important theories and ideas at play within media and society; - Short 'In Focus' features which zoom into specific illustrative aspects of media and theory; - End of chapter questions to help students apply and reinforce their learning. By making the ordinary extraordinary, the text gives students an accessible and fresh way into thinking about media cultures, institutions, politics, techlogies and industries that is grounded in how they are encountered in everyday life. Incisive and progressive, it provides an essential overview for students of media, communication and cultural studies.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN-10
1137477180
ISBN-13
9781137477187
eBay Product ID (ePID)
229133785
Product Key Features
Author
Tim Markham
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Social Studies: General
Type
Textbook
Dimensions
Height
235mm
Width
155mm
Additional Product Features
Place of Publication
Basingstoke
Content Note
Biography
Author Biography
Tim Markham is Reader in Journalism and Media at Birkbeck, University of London, UK. He is also the author of The Politics of War Reporting: Authority, Authenticity and Morality (2012) and co-author of Media Consumption and Public Engagement: Beyond the Presumption of Attention (2010).