Classics in Media Theory
An exploration of influential texts and theories in media studies
Staffan Ericson editor Stina Bengtsson editor Fredrik Stiernstedt editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Published:21st Jun '24
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This collection explores influential media texts and theories, making Classics in Media Theory an essential resource for students and scholars alike.
This comprehensive collection introduces and contextualizes media studies' most influential texts and thinkers, spanning from early 20th century mass communication to the initial stages of digital culture in the 21st century. Classics in Media Theory serves as a vital resource for understanding the evolution of media studies and its key contributors.
The volume brings together significant theories surrounding media, mediation, and communication, while also examining the interconnectedness of media, culture, and society. Each chapter offers a detailed analysis of a classic text, authored by a contemporary media studies scholar. Contributors summarize the original texts, relate them to the foundational ideas within media studies, and emphasize their relevance in today’s context.
This text delves into the fundamental theoretical traditions of media studies, particularly focusing on cultural studies, mass communication research, medium theory, and critical theory. By providing insights into how media studies has evolved under changing historical circumstances, Classics in Media Theory equips students with the necessary tools to analyze their current media environment. This book is essential for students in media and communication, as well as related fields like journalism studies, sociology, and cultural studies.
"The risks of amnesia in media debates are huge, as we deal with the headlong rush of AI. But this outstanding collection reminds us of the deep roots media and communications studies has in the 20th century’s sociology, psychology and cultural theory classics. Twenty-eight helpful explanatory essays unpack those texts in illuminating ways and give today’s students all the context they need for understanding the latest media developments in a well-grounded way." - Nick Couldry, London School of Economics and Political Science
"Summarizing a milky way of stellar contributions to media and communication research and situating each contribution in wider disciplinary and interdisciplinary universes, Classics in Media Theory provides an essential companion and complement to the textbooks that commonly guide introductory courses in the field." - Klaus Bruhn Jensen, University of Copenhagen
"This valuable resource for professors and students provides elegant pedagogical translations of theoretical texts that have become conceptual pillars of Media and Communication Studies. Written with care, contemporary sensitivity and empathy for the newcomers to the discipline, the chapters compellingly demonstrate the abiding relevance of these works to the exploration and understanding of our current media world." - Maria Bakardjieva, University of Calgary, Canada
ISBN: 9781032557960
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 940g
408 pages