TY  - BOOK
AU  - Branston, Gill
AU  - Stafford, Roy
TI  - The media student's book
SN  - 9780415558426
AV  - P90 .B6764 2010
PB  - London ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2010.
KW  - Mass media
KW  - Bibliography B3 ELEC - Communicating for Influence
N1  - Introduction — pt. 1. Key concepts — 1. Approaching media texts — 2. Narratives —3. Genres and other classifications — 4. Representations — 5. Globalization — 6. Ideologies and discourses — 7. Media as business — pt. 2. Debates — 8. ‘New media’ in a ‘new world’? — 9. The future of television — 10. Regulation now — 11. Debating advertising, branding and celebrity — 12. News and its futures — 13. Documentary and ‘reality’ debates — 14. From ‘audience’ to ‘users’ — pt. 3. Research methods and references — 15. Research : skills and methods
N2  - The Media Student's Book is a comprehensive introduction for students of media studies. It covers all the key topics and provides a detailed, lively and accessible guide to concepts and debates.
Now in its fifth edition, this bestselling textbook has been thoroughly revised, re-ordered and updated, with many very recent examples and expanded coverage of the most important issues currently facing media studies. It is structured in three main parts, addressing key concepts, debates, and research skills, methods and resources. Individual chapters include: approaching media texts; narrative; genres and other classifications; representations; globalisation; ideologies and discourses; the business of media; new media in a new world?; the future of televisión; regulation now; debating advertising, branding and celebrity; news and its futures; documentary and ‘reality’ debates; from ‘audience’ to ‘users’; research: skills and methods.
Each chapter includes a range of examples to work with, sometimes as short case studies. They are also supported by separate, longer case studies which include: Slumdog Millionaire, online access for film and music, CSI and detective fictions, Let the Right One In and The Orphanage, PBS, BBC and HBO, images of migration, The Age of Stupid and climate change politics

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