Communication, Cultural and Media Studies: The Key Concepts (Routledge Key Guides)1 review John Hartley Routledge, 2002 a philosophical dictionary Communication, Cultural and Media Studies does not address me. I wondered not finding the key concept as its subtitle says. After reading I understood it as a philosophical dictionary. It contains a lot of links to other philosophical articles and books. It can be taken as a library of links. If ...             Reading the Popular John Fiske Routledge, 1989 Designed as a companion to Understanding the Popular, Reading the Popular is a "series of readings" about today's cultural phenomena. The book highlights the conflicting responses popular culture can evoke.             Understanding Popular Culture1 review John Fiske Routledge, 1989 True intellectual at work Fiske is one of the few intellectuals considering the media in an easily accessible way whose work doesn't fall into the boring, and woefully inadequate school of 'the media is making every child a killer' stupidity. He carefully and with relevance examines just how media audiences use media ...             Cultural Studies and the Study of Popular Culture: Theories and Methods2 reviews John Storey University of Georgia Press, 1996 A concise variety of theories for examining popular culture + Nobody does it better... I am using "Cultural Studies and the Study of Popular Culture" as the primary textbook in an "Introduction to Popular Culture" class. Now, on the one hand it is clear John Storey's book is not written at an introductory level, which would have been a reason for me not to select it for my class. ...             Rethinking Popular Culture: Contempory Perspectives in Cultural Studies University of California Press, 1991 Rethinking Popular Culture selects some of the best and most important recent work analyzing popular culture. Drawing upon recent developments in cultural theory and the exciting new techniques of critical analysis, the essays in this volume break down disciplinary boundaries in a fresh and innovative fashion. Eclectic and wide-ranging, Rethinking Popular Culture includes works by authors in ...             An Introduction to Studying Popular Culture1 review Domini Strinati Routledge, 2000 VERY popular culture! For anybody who is interested in studying contemporary popular culture, then Dominic Strinati's lucid and well organised book provides a perfect introduction. There are many areas in which his work does not necessarily prove conclusive. To a certain extent I was disappointed that, despite much ...             MediaMaking: Mass Media in a Popular Culture Lawrence Grossberg, Ellen A. Wartella, ... Sage Publications, Inc, 2005 Taking a unique approach to the study of mass communication and cultural studies, MediaMaking is a volume that presents the current knowledge about the relationship between media, culture, and society.  What sets this volume apart from competing texts is the approach taken and the distinguished scholarship.  Rather than examining each major medium separately - newspapers, books, magazines, ...             The Cultural Studies Reader: Second Edition2 reviews Simon During Routledge, 1999 The Cultural Studies Reader We received this in timely manner and it was in good condition             Media and Cultural Studies: Keyworks (KeyWorks in Cultural Studies) Wiley-Blackwell, 1991 Bringing together a range of core texts into one volume, this acclaimed anthology offers the definitive resource in culture, media, and communication. A fully revised new edition of the bestselling anthology in this dynamic and multidisciplinary field. New contributions include essays from Althusser through to Henry Jenkins, and a completely new section on Globalization and Social Movements. ...             Media/Society: Industries, Images and Audiences3 reviews David R. Croteau, William Hoynes Pine Forge Press, 2002 Shooting history on the wing + Life in all its strangeness + your superego Media-disseminated messages flood our every waking second, affecting us in ways we often do not readily discern. Croteau and Hoynes take the reader on an exploration of these media forces in a sociological journey that walks then leaps from the birth of printed words for the masses to cyberspace ...             An Introduction to Theories of Popular Culture Domini Strinati Routledge, 2004 An Introduction to Theories of Popular Culture is widely recognised as an immensely useful textbook for students taking courses in the major theories of popular culture. Dominic Strinati provides a critical assessment of the ways in which theorists have tried to understand and evaluate popular culture in modern societies. Among the theories and ideas the book introduces are mann culture, the ...             Popular Culture: A Reader2 reviews Sage Publications Ltd, 2005 Interesting content too + Review I had to get this book for a class, coincidentally about popular culture as well. The articles in this book are thoroughly engaging and explore perspectives much different from what I had previously experienced. This book is like a toolkit for examining the world.             Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds56 reviews Charles MacKay Harriman House, 2003 A classic must-read! Very, very insightful! + A fun and easy read on the stupidity of people This book identifies and describes phenomena that most would assume to be foreseable and evident when observed as historical event. However such manic human behavior keeps occuring over and over again, which inevitably (as history observes) have destructive consequences. As many others have ...             Rethinking Popular Culture: Contempory Perspectives in Cultural Studies University of California Press, 1991 Rethinking Popular Culture selects some of the best and most important recent work analyzing popular culture. Drawing upon recent developments in cultural theory and the exciting new techniques of critical analysis, the essays in this volume break down disciplinary boundaries in a fresh and innovative fashion. Eclectic and wide-ranging, Rethinking Popular Culture includes works by authors in ...             MediaMaking: Mass Media in a Popular Culture Lawrence Grossberg, Ellen A. Wartella, ... Sage Publications, Inc, 2005 Taking a unique approach to the study of mass communication and cultural studies, MediaMaking is a volume that presents the current knowledge about the relationship between media, culture, and society.  What sets this volume apart from competing texts is the approach taken and the distinguished scholarship.  Rather than examining each major medium separately - newspapers, books, magazines, ...             Popular Culture: A Reader2 reviews Sage Publications Ltd, 2005 Interesting content too + Review I had to get this book for a class, coincidentally about popular culture as well. The articles in this book are thoroughly engaging and explore perspectives much different from what I had previously experienced. This book is like a toolkit for examining the world.             The Cultural Studies Reader: Second Edition2 reviews Simon During Routledge, 1999 The Cultural Studies Reader We received this in timely manner and it was in good condition             Media/Society: Industries, Images and Audiences3 reviews David R. Croteau, William Hoynes Pine Forge Press, 2002 Shooting history on the wing + Life in all its strangeness + your superego Media-disseminated messages flood our every waking second, affecting us in ways we often do not readily discern. Croteau and Hoynes take the reader on an exploration of these media forces in a sociological journey that walks then leaps from the birth of printed words for the masses to cyberspace ...             An Introduction to Theories of Popular Culture Domini Strinati Routledge, 2004 An Introduction to Theories of Popular Culture is widely recognised as an immensely useful textbook for students taking courses in the major theories of popular culture. Dominic Strinati provides a critical assessment of the ways in which theorists have tried to understand and evaluate popular culture in modern societies. Among the theories and ideas the book introduces are mann culture, the ...             Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds56 reviews Charles MacKay Harriman House, 2003 A classic must-read! Very, very insightful! + A fun and easy read on the stupidity of people This book identifies and describes phenomena that most would assume to be foreseable and evident when observed as historical event. However such manic human behavior keeps occuring over and over again, which inevitably (as history observes) have destructive consequences. As many others have ...