A Dictionary of Media and Communication (Oxford Quick Reference) - Softcover

Chandler, Daniel; Munday, Rod

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199568758 ISBN 13: 9780199568758

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2011

Synopsis

Authoritative and wide-ranging, A Dictionary of Media and Communication provides over 2,200 alphabetical entries on key terms used in media and communication, from concepts and theories to technical terms, across subject areas that include advertising, digital culture, journalism, new media, radio studies, and telecommunications. It also covers relevant terminology from related disciplines such as literary theory, semiotics, cultural studies, and philosophy. With many relevant web links accessed via an up-to-date companion webpage, as well as a biographical appendix with web links to key people, this is a valuable resource for media professionals, postgraduates, academics, and researchers and an eminently practical and user-friendly reference for anyone involved in the worlds of media and communication. It will also be indispensable for undergraduate students majoring in media or communication studies, and for those taking related subjects such as film studies, visual culture, and cultural studies.

About this title

About the Author:

Daniel Chandler is a lecturer in media and communication studies at Aberystwyth University. Rod Munday teaches media production courses at Aberystwyth University.

Review:

"Chandler and Munday have produced a wonderful volume that is much more than a simple dictionary. The book concisely summarizes over 2,000 terms and concepts from multiple subfields of media and communication and related disciplines. It also provides extensive cross-references, which encourage
readers to understand relationships among concepts and to make connections across different discourses. As result, the volume offers a fine introduction to the field to students and other newcomers while also enabling specialists in each subfield of communication to better understand and communicate
with each other."

--Joshua Meyrowitz, author of No Sense of Place: The Impact of Electronic Media on Social Behavior (Oxford University Press)

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0199568758
• ISBN 13: 9780199568758
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 472