Media Theory Books

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31. Global Media Ecologies

    Networked Production in Film and Television

    By Doris Baltruschat

    Series: Routledge Advances in Internationalizing Media Studies

    In this study, Baltruschat calls attention to dramatic changes in worldwide media production. Her work provides new insights into industry re-organization, digital media, and audience interactivity as pivotal relationships are redrawn along the entire value chain of production, distribution, and...

    Published May 16th 2010 by Routledge
32. Making Hard Choices in Journalism Ethics

    Cases and Practice

    By David E. Boeyink, Sandra L. Borden

    This book teaches students how to make the difficult ethical decisions that journalists routinely face. By taking a case-based approach, the authors argue that the best way to make an ethical decision is to look closely at a particular situation, rather than looking first to an abstract set of...

    Published March 23rd 2010 by Routledge
33. Television Style

    By Jeremy G. Butler

    Style matters. Television relies on style—setting, lighting, videography, editing, and so on—to set moods, hail viewers, construct meanings, build narratives, sell products, and shape information. Yet, to date, style has been the most understudied aspect of the medium. In this book, Jeremy G....

    Published December 16th 2009 by Routledge
34. Mobile Technologies

    From Telecommunications to Media

    Edited by Gerard Goggin, Larissa Hjorth

    Series: Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies

    In light of emerging forms of software, interfaces, cultures of uses, and media practices associated with mobile media, this collection investigates the various ways in which mobile media is developing in different cultural, linguistic, social, and national settings. Specifically, contributors...

    Published December 16th 2009 by Routledge
35. Film and Television After DVD

    Edited by James Bennett, Tom Brown

    Series: Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies

    Heralded as "the most significant invention [for film] since the coming of sound" (The Observer 2003), by 2005 DVD players were in approximately 84 million homes in the US, making it the "fastest selling item in history of US consumer electronics market" (McDonald 2007: 135). This book examines the...

    Published December 16th 2009 by Routledge
36. Doing News Framing Analysis

    Empirical and Theoretical Perspectives

    Edited by Paul D'Angelo, Jim A. Kuypers

    Doing News Framing Analysis provides an interpretive guide to news frames – what they are, how they can be observed in news texts, and how framing effects are uncovered and substantiated in cultural, group, and individual sites. Chapters feature framing analysts reflecting on their own empirical...

    Published December 15th 2009 by Routledge
37. Media Literacy

    New Agendas in Communication

    Edited by Kathleen Tyner

    Series: New Agendas in Communication Series

    This volume explores how educators can leverage student proficiency with new literacies for learning in formal and informal educational environments. It also investigates critical literacy practices that can best respond to the proliferation of new media in society. What sorts of media education...

    Published November 10th 2009 by Routledge
38. Media Events in a Global Age

    Edited by Nick Couldry, Andreas Hepp, Friedrich Krotz

    Series: Comedia

    "This volume assembles an estimable range of critical analyses of one of the most important mediated artifacts of the modern world—the media event. The authors challenge the construct, extend its usefulness, expand its theoretical basis and application, and examine media events in a far larger and...

    Published October 15th 2009 by Routledge
39. Communicating Science

    New Agendas in Communication

    Edited by LeeAnn Kahlor, Patricia Stout

    Series: New Agendas in Communication Series

    This volume explores the evolution of science communication, addressing key issues and offering substance for future study. Harnessing the energies of junior scholars on the forefront of science communication, this work pushes the boundaries of research forward, allowing scholars to sample...

    Published September 14th 2009 by Routledge
40. The Routledge Companion to Semiotics

    Edited by Paul Cobley

    Series: Routledge Companions

    The Routledge Companion to Semiotics provides the ideal introduction to semiotics, containing engaging essays from an impressive range of international leaders in the field. Topics covered include: the history, development, and uses of semiotics key theorists, including Saussure, Peirce and...

    Published July 28th 2009 by Routledge