Media Studies

An authority on creativity introduces us to AI-powered computers that are creating art, literature, and music that may well surpass the creations o...

The mid-20th century brought about an advertising renaissance in the western world. Technology boomed. Standards of living increased, innovation ab...

The 'golden age' of advertising is usually seen to be the last decades of the 20th century, centred on Fitzrovia, vast in quantity, swamping the pl...

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

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

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...