Media/theory : thinking about media and communications

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Title:

Media/theory : thinking about media and communications

Author:

Moores, Shaun.

ISBN:

9780415243834

9780415243841

Personal Author:

Moores, Shaun.

Publication Information:

New York : Routledge, 2005.

Physical Description:

xii, 212 p. ; 24 cm.

Series:

Comedia

Critical voices in art, theory and culture

Series Title:

Comedia

Critical voices in art, theory and culture

Contents:

1. Cyclicity -- 2. Extensionality -- 3. Interaction -- 4. Signification -- 5. Identity.

Abstract:

"Media/Theory is an accessible yet challenging guide to ways of thinking about media and communications in modern life." "Shaun Moores connects the analysis of media and communications with key themes in contemporary social theory." "He insists that media studies are not simply about studying media."

"Rather, they require an understanding of how technologically mediated communication is bound up with wider processes in the modern world, from the reproduction of social life on an everyday basis to the reorganisation of social relations on a global scale." "Drawing on ideas from a range of disciplines in the humanities and social sciences, Media/Theory makes a distinctive contribution towards rethinking the shape and direction of media studies today."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject Term:

Mass media -- Philosophy.

Electronic Access:

Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip056/2005001194.html

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From an established author with a growing international profile in media studies, Media/Theory is an accessible yet challenging guide to ways of thinking about media and communications in modern life.

Shaun Moores draws on ideas from a range of disciplines in the humanities and social sciences, and expertly connects the analysis of media and communications with key themes in contemporary social theory.

Examining core issues of time and space, Moores also examines matters of interactions, signification and identity, and argues that media studies is bound up in the wider processes of the modern world and not just about studying the media.

This book makes a distinctive contribution towards rethinking the shape and direction of media studies today, and for students at advanced undergraduate or postgraduate level.