Media and Everyday Life (Paperback)

Tim Markham

ISBN 10: 1350348503 / ISBN 13: 9781350348509

Published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, London, 2022

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Paperback. Media and Everyday Life offers an accessible overview for students of media, communication and cultural studies looking to explore how modern-day media practices impact on the experience of everyday life, making this the essential companion to introductory media studies courses.This innovative 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. By rejecting the conventional media studies approach, the book provides a fresh way of thinking about media cultures and provokes thought into how media influences daily social norms. Each chapter offers a broad discussion of various facets of media, such as technology, social media and industries. Key trends and traditions are also considered, helping to define how media has become so entwined in the everyday experience.This second edition has been thoroughly updated to incorporate all the recent developments in media including new social media platforms, new technologies like wearables and smart speakers, and the spread of algorithms into so much of the media we encounter every day. The second edition also takes stock of the environmental impact of digital media and its hidden infrastructures, as well our engagement with social issues and movements from Black Lives Matter to Extinction Rebellion. "This fully updated second edition is an innovative introductory textbook that offers a new way of thinking about media that challenges conventional accounts of what media do to people, focusing instead on what people do with media in the course of everyday life"-- Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Media and Everyday Life (Paperback)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, London
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1350348503
• ISBN 13: 9781350348509
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Media and Everyday Life offers an accessible overview for students of media, communication and cultural studies looking to explore how modern-day media practices impact on the experience of everyday life, making this the essential companion to introductory media studies courses.

This innovative 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. By rejecting the conventional media studies approach, the book provides a fresh way of thinking about media cultures and provokes thought into how media influences daily social norms. Each chapter offers a broad discussion of various facets of media, such as technology, social media and industries. Key trends and traditions are also considered, helping to define how media has become so entwined in the everyday experience.

This second edition has been thoroughly updated to incorporate all the recent developments in media including new social media platforms, new technologies like wearables and smart speakers, and the spread of algorithms into so much of the media we encounter every day. The second edition also takes stock of the environmental impact of digital media and its hidden infrastructures, as well our engagement with social issues and movements from Black Lives Matter to Extinction Rebellion.

About the Author

Tim Markham is Professor of Journalism and Media at Birkbeck, University of London, UK. He is author of Digital Life (2020), Media and the Experience of Social Change: The Arab World (2017), and The Politics of War Reporting: Authority, Authenticity and Morality (2012); co-author of Media Consumption and Public Engagement: Beyond the Presumption of Attention (2007; 2010) and co-editor of Conditions of Mediation: Phenomenological Perspectives on Media (2017).