Understanding Media Cultures: Social Theory and Mass Communication - Hardcover

Nick Stevenson

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0761973621 ISBN 13: 9780761973621

Publisher: Sage, 2002

Synopsis

The Second Edition of this book provides a comprehensive overview of the ways in which social theory has attempted to theorize the importance of the media in contemporary society. Understanding Media Cultures is now fully revised and takes account of the recent theoretical developments associated with New Media and Information Society, as well as the audience and the public sphere.

About this title

About the Author:

Nick Stevenson is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Nottingham.

Review:

Praise for the First Edition:

`Those interested in understanding contemporary debates over the media should find this book to be extremely valuable′ - Douglas Kellner, University of Texas at Austin

`I can′t think of a book in media studies that handles so well the diversity of perspectives and issues that Stevenson addresses. Whether reconstructing Marxism or deconstructing postmodernism, tackling the pleasures of soap opera or the repetitive structures of daily news presentation, Stevenson is always clear and insightful′ - Sociology

About this edition

• Publisher: Sage
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0761973621
• ISBN 13: 9780761973621
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 256