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

Title
: 
Media and society

Author
: 
O'Shaughnessy, Michael, 1951-

ISBN
: 
9780195574340

Personal Author
: 
O'Shaughnessy, Michael, 1951-

Edition
: 
5th ed.

Publication Information
: 
South Melbourne, Vic. : Oxford University Press, ©2012.

Physical Description
: 
xx, 515 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

General Note
: 
Revised edition of: Media & society. 4th ed. 2008.

Contents
: 
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 -- Semiology -- Reading images and advertisements -- Model essay: semiotic analysis of an advertisement -- Defining discourse and ideology -- Where are discourses and ideologies found? -- Dominant ideology and hegemony -- Culture jamming and counter-hegemony -- Genres, codes, and conventions -- The language of film: American beauty -- Narrative structure and binary oppositions -- Documentary and reality TV -- Why stories? -- Feminism, postfeminism, and ideologies of femininity -- Ideologies and discourses of masculinity -- Ethnicity, ideology, and the media -- Stars and celebrities -- Postmodernism -- Globalisation.

Abstract
: 
Explores the media's influence in our world, providing a comprehensive introduction to the main concepts and theories used in media studies.

Subject Term
: 
Mass media -- Social aspects.
 
Mass media and culture.
 
Mass media and culture. (OCoLC)fst01011339
 
Mass media -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst01011303
 
Massenmedien. (DE-588)4037877-9
 
Gesellschaft. (DE-588)4020588-5
 
Medienkultur. (DE-588)7622329-2
 
Comunicación social.
 
Medios de comunicación social y cultura.

Added Author
: 
Stadler, Jane.
 
O'Shaughnessy, Michael, 1951- Media & society.


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