Media Studies

This new study provides an introduction to TV aesthetics and viewership from the 1940s to the present day, at a time when television as a medium is...

This new study provides an introduction to TV aesthetics and viewership from the 1940s to the present day, at a time when television as a medium is...

Institutions that have collected video testimonies from the few remaining Holocaust survivors are grappling with how to continue their mission to e...

Institutions that have collected video testimonies from the few remaining Holocaust survivors are grappling with how to continue their mission to e...

Twopence Plain, Penny Coloured charts the way furniture has been sold to the British public for some 50 years - from the 1920s to the 1960s - from ...

One of the most profound e?ects of the digital revolution is the radical change it has had on the delivery of advertising, propelling it from tradi...

The popular definition characterizes celebrity as a product of manufacture rather than merit. If fame is taken to represent the recognition of a...

'A wonderful blend of nostalgia, hilarity and personal anecdotes that only Josh Widdicombe could deliver' James Acaster'If you read only one book b...

In 1997 the first episode of a new show called Buffy the Vampire Slayer aired. It's fair to say that following the critically panned and commercial...

In recent years, the Australian media have come under fire for their reporting of politics and election campaigns. Political reporting is said to b...

This book traces the history of television journalism in Britain from its austere roots in the BBC's post-war monopoly to the present-day plethora ...

International in scope and more comprehensive than existing collections, A Companion to Reality Television presents a complete guide to the study o...

Slow Fade to Black completes Richard B. Jewell''s richly detailed two-part history of the RKO film studio, which began with RKO Radio Pictures: A T...

TV antiquity explores representations of ancient Greece and Rome throughout television history. The first comprehensive overview of the swords and ...

Women remain woefully underrepresented in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). Negative stereotypes about women in these fields are...

Launched in 1977 by the Christian Broadcasting Service (originally associated with Pat Robertson), the ABC Family/Freeform network has gone thro...

One of FX's most successful original productions, Sons of Anarchy roared onto the screen in 2008 and dominated the cable network's programming f...

Jessica Jones barged onto our screens in November 2015, courtesy of Marvel and Netflix, presenting a hard-drinking protagonist who wrestles with...

This volume looks at a range of texts and practices that address race and its relationship with television. The chapters explore television policy ...

Over fourteen seasons, the television series Supernatural has developed a devoted following of both fans and scholars. The show has addressed some ...

Media Experiences: Engaging with Drama and Reality Television travels across people and popular culture, exploring the pathways to engagement and t...

Radio is the original mass electronic medium and it continues to be critical for audiences wanting news, information, music and entertainment. For ...

The cross-cultural interactions of Japanese videogames and the West, from DIY localization by fans to corporate strategies of Japaneseness. In...

We live in a world where a tweet can be instantly retweeted and read by millions around the world in minutes, where a video forwarded to friends ca...

This cutting-edge text offers an introduction to the emerging field of media archaeology and analyses the innovative theoretical and artistic met...

Journalism, what happened? In the last decade, the industry and the profession have been rocked to the core. Newspapers as consumer product are as ...

This book provides a clear and authoritative introduction to the emerging Arab media industries in the context of globalization and its impacts, wi...

Seductive Screens: Children''s Media-Past, Present, and Future describes the development of child media from its early beginnings on radio to the m...

The on-going constitutionalization of Europe has led to various changes in media and communications, opening up areas of debate regarding the ro...

Handbook of Media Economics provides valuable information on a unique field that has its own theories, evidence, and policies. Understanding the me...

In the years since the 9/11 attacks, approximately four million Americans have turned eighteen each year and more than fifty million children have ...

This collection looks at the postnetwork television industrys heady experiments with new forms of interactive storytellingor wired TVthat took plac...

Screenwriters and film directors have long been fascinated by the challenges of representing the listening experience on screen. While music has pl...

This report on the broadcast media in Nigeria finds that liberalisation efforts in the broadcasting sector have only been partially achieved. More ...

A thought-provoking history of communications that challenges ideas about freedom of speech and democracy. At the heart of democracy lies a contr...

An illuminating investigation into a class of enterprising women aspiring to make it in the social media economy but often finding only unpaid work...

Examinations of civic engagement in digital culture-the technologies, designs, and practices that support connection through common purpose in civi...

Uganda's broadcast media landscape has witnessed tremendous growth in recent years. While the public broadcaster remains the dominant national play...

An examination of our many modes of online identity and how we live on the continuum between the virtual and the real. Hello Avatar! Or, {llSay(...

Our mainstream press is in crisis, and the future of journalism is uncertain. In response to plunging sales and profitability, and an inexorable in...