Media Studies

Style-based subcultures, scenes and tribes have pulsated through the history of social, economic and political change. From 1940s zoot-suiters and ...

In this compelling book, Graeme Kirkpatrick argues that computer games have fundamentally altered the relation of self and society in the digital a...

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Every shelf is different and every bo...

The New Iranian Cinema is considered by many to be the most fascinating cultural phenomenon produced within the Islamic Republic of Iran. Containin...

This popular introductory book provides a clear introduction to the key ideas within media studies. The friendly writing style and everyday example...

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Drones are in the newspaper, on the TV...

This book is about a story (Ousmane Sembene's Xala), about a time (the aftermath of Senegalese Independence), and about a place (Dakar, the capital...

Since its establishment in 1922 the BBC has continually asserted itself as one of the great British institutions at home and abroad. David Pat Walk...

The tapping of typewriters first lifted the secrecy around homosexuality, and a vibrant array of voices was soon heard. The publishers of gay magaz...

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press'' new open access publishing program for monographs...

Contrary to the common notion that news regarding the unfolding Holocaust was unavailable or unreliable, news from Europe was often communicated...

This book explores changes in the nature of the relationship between play, media and commercial culture through a comparison of play in the 1950s/6...

The New Soundtrack brings together leading edge academic and professional perspectives on the complex relationship between sound and moving images...

An essential dimension of the Cold War took place in the realm of ideas and culture. While much work exists on cinema, relatively little research h...

News organisations are struggling with technology transitions and fearful for their future. Yet some organisations are succeeding. Why are organis...

Expertly synthesizes economic theory and contemporary cases to both explain the structure of the contemporary media industry and shed insight on th...