Understanding Media Cultures: Social Theory and Mass Communication / Edition 2

by Nicholas Stevenson

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761973638
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	05/09/2002
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.69(w) x 9.53(h) x (d)

About the Author

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

Table of Contents

Introduction
Marxism and Mass Communication Research
Habermas, Mass Culture and the Public Sphere
Critical Perspectives within Audience Research
Marshall Mc Luhan and the Cultural Medium
Baudrillard's Blizzards
New Media and the Information Society
Conclusion

Editorial Reviews

The new edition of a text on the sociology of the media. The work presents an overview of a number of theoretical critiques of the mass media, with chapters on Marxism, Habermas, critical audience studies, Marshall McLuhan, Baudrillard, and newer upstart theories. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

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

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