Media Studies

This intriguing book re-evaluates a narrative of cultural decline that developed in the wake of Max Weber’s The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of ...

'A work of engaging pop philosophy and accessible social science [and] a boisterous dissection of the forces jellifying our minds' Sunday TimesIncl...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

What does it mean that we can be reached on our mobile phones wherever we are and at all times? What are the cultural consequences if we are inform...