Introducing Media Studies

Informationen zum Autor Ziauddin Sardar is a hugely renowned writer, broadcaster, journalist and critic. 'Britain's own Muslim polymath' (Independent) has become one of the UK's leading intellectuals and writes on a huge variety of subjects in numerous newspapers and magazines throughout the world. He is also Visiting Professor of Postcolonial Studies at the City University, London.Borin Van Loon has worked on numerous Introducing titles. He is a freelance illustrator, surrealist painter and collagist who produces the comic strip 'The Severed Head' for The Chap magazine. Klappentext The media has become a condition of our existence. Introducing Media Studies explores media history and the complex relationship between the media, ideology, knowledge, and power, presenting a coherent view of the media industry, media theory, and methods in media research. Zusammenfassung Explores the complex relationship between the media, ideology, knowledge and power. This title provides a tour of media history and presents a coherent view of the media industry, media theory and methods in media research. It explains how 'the audience' is constructed and how it in turn interprets the content and meaning of media representation.

Product details

• Authors: Ziauddin Sardar
• Assisted by: Borin van Loon (Illustration), Borin Van Loon (Illustration)
• Publisher: Icon Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.07.2010
• EAN: 9781848311848
• ISBN: 978-1-84831-184-8
• No. of pages: 176
• Dimensions: 118 mm x 168 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Introducing; Graphic Guides
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries