Media Studies

Journalists have often put themselves in danger to convey crucial information to the public. Many journalists have even died doing their jobs, inve...

An incisive history of the controversial Google Books project and the ongoing quest for a universal digital libraryLibraries have long talked about...

This book, which is an excerpt of the authors Ph.D. dissertation, deals with the popular reception of early Italian television, during the years of...

Through popular movies starring Bruce Lee and songs like the disco hit Kung Fu Fighting, martial arts have found a central place in the Western cul...

Video and interactive computer games now constitute an enormous industry that rivals television and film. Moreover, gaming is of growing importance...

In an age of ubiquitous digital media and permanent mutual observation scandals are omnipresent. Everybody can release them, everybody can become t...

To prepare for the role of the Joker, Heath Ledger locked himself in a London hotel room, trying to understand and become a character he saw as an ...

In the new media world, advertisers are deciding who you are, how much you matter, and what you see and do The Internet is often hyped as a means t...

Taking as a starting point an interpretation of the television medium as an Ideological State Apparatus, this book examines how gender roles and no...