基本説明
The first comprehensive textbook of media studies in higher education to be fully web-enhanced. Organised around the broad themes of public knowledge, cultural identity, broadcasting, film, and pop tech.
Full Description
Formations is a comprehensive textbook designed for students moving to a deeper engagement with the media studies. The original essays are organized around the broad themes of public knowledge, cultural identity, broadcasting, film, and pop tech. An introductory section explores the fundamentals of the field and a section on method examines how knowledge is constructed within media studies. Throughout, the material is structured into a combination of case studies and integrative essays, punctuated at key moments by "stop and think" advice aimed directly at students. With contributions well-known scholars, Formations offers a deep engagement with issues, theories, and methods, especially new technologies transforming landscapes of popular culture.
Contents
Part 1 The field: why media studies is worthwhile; a student's guide to surviving communication scholarship; for lack of models - A field in fragments?; citizenship and the media. Part 2 Public knowledge: broadcast journalism and public knowledge; the reassessment of ideology; war reporting at the end of the 20th century; Part 3 Cultural identity: the elastic metaphor - towards a theoretical outline of cultural identity; "out there" and "in here" - towards resolving the global/indigenous debate. Part 4 Broadcasting: television and the active audience; who wants to be a millionaire? - contextual analysis and the endgame of public service television. Part 5 Film: film studies; from neo-modern to hypermodern cinema - 1960 to present; woman and the gaze; reading the American popular - suburban resentment and the representation of the inner city in contemporary film and TV. Part 6 Method: your own work - research, interviews, writing in media studies; content analysis; media and social movements - an agenda building case study; interpretation, semiology and "warriors of democracy". Part 7 Pop tech: pop tech and pedagogy (or I link, therefore I am); the Internet as public sphere; new media convergences - some research issues; an endnote on popular music's leading light.
