| Description |
xxi, 316 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction / Jane Stokes -- Pt. I. The Structure of British Media Industries / Jane Stokes. 1. Publishing / Jane Stokes. 2. Advertising / Peter Meech. 3. The Press / Colin Sparks. 4. Broadcasting: Television and Radio / Andrew Crisell. 5. Cinema / John Hill. 6. The Music Industry / Paul McDonald. 7. New Media / James Cornford and Kevin Robins -- Pt. II. Regulation and Media Policy / Anna Reading. 8. The Role of the State / Peter Goodwin. 9. The Regulation of Media Content / Julian Petley. 10. European Union Media and Communication / Richard Collins. 11. Campaigns to Change the Media / Anna Reading -- Pt. III. Media Material: Content and representation / Jane Stokes and Anna Reading. 12. Ethnic Minorities and the British News Media: Explaining (Mis)Representation / Simon Cottle. 13. Documentary and Citizenship: The Case of Stephen Lawrence / Jenny Owen. 14. Use it or Lose it: Sex, Sexuality and Sexual Health in Magazines for Girls / Jane Stokes |
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15. Transnational Trainspotting / Murray Smith. 16. Offending, Looking, Killing and Film-making: Decoding Peeping Tom / Ben Slater. 17. A Postmodernist Calls: Class, Conscience and the British Theatre / Aleks Sierz. 18. Drama, Devolution and Dominant Representations / Jane Sillars. 19. Consuming the Garden: Locating a Feminine Narrative Within Popular Cultural Texts and Gendered Genres / Jacqui Gabb. 20. Selling Sexuality in the Lesbian and Gay Press / Anna Reading. 21. Hanif Kureishi and the Politics of Cultural Hybridity / Bart Moore-Gilbert. 22. Blind Date and the Phenomenology of Fun / Paddy Scannell. 23. Di/Crash / Jay Russell. 24. Ethnic Identity and Cultural Heritage: Belsen in the Museum / Richard Crownshaw. 25. Spinnin': Dance Culture on the World Wide Web / Hillegonda C. Rietveld |
| Summary |
"The Media in Britain offers a timely and comprehensive review of the main contemporary debates in media studies, taking the reader through a range of empirical and analytical material in a highly structured and engaging way."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Mass media and girls -- Great Britain.
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Mass media policy -- Great Britain.
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Popular culture -- Great Britain.
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Mass media -- Great Britain.
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| Author |
Reading, Anna.
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Stokes, Jane C.
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| LC no. |
99021894 |
| ISBN |
0333730623 : |
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0333730631 paperback |
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0312225288 cloth |
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