Media & society
by
 
O'Shaughnessy, Michael, 1951-

Title
: 
Media & society

Author
: 
O'Shaughnessy, Michael, 1951-

ISBN
: 
9780195562408

Personal Author
: 
O'Shaughnessy, Michael, 1951-

Edition
: 
4th ed.

Publication Information
: 
South Melbourne, Vic. : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Physical Description
: 
xix, 516 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm

General Note
: 
Previous edition: 2005. as Media and society : an introduction.

Contents
: 
Getting ready: the media and media studies -- Pictures: semiotic analysis -- Making sense : discourse, ideology, and hegemony -- Stories: approaches for narrative analysis -- Media and identity: representation, impact, and influence -- But they keep moving the posts: postmodern and global perspectives.

Abstract
: 
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.

Subject Term
: 
Mass media.
 
Mass media and culture.
 
Mass media -- Social aspects.
 
Mass media. (OCoLC)fst01011219
 
Mass media and culture. (OCoLC)fst01011339
 
Médias -- Aspect social.
 
Médias -- Influence.

Added Author
: 
Stadler, Jane.
 
O'Shaughnessy, Michael, 1951- Media and society : an introduction.

Electronic Access
: 
Table of contents http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0905/2008431685.html


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