| Description |
1 online resource (146 pages) |
| Contents |
Table of Contents; Introduction 7; Part One: Engaging with Media, Society and the Self 11; Chapter 1 -- What is "Critical" in Critical Media Analysis 13; Chapter 2 -- Media and the Social Construction of Reality 21; Chapter 3 -- Media Histories 33; Chapter 4 -- Media Theories 47; Part Two: Intellectual Traditions -- Marxism, Semiotics and Psychoanalysis 57; Chapter 5 -- Marxism 59; Chapter 6 -- Semiotics 71; Chapter 7 -- Psychoanalysis 81; Part Three: Challenges of the Present 92; Chapter 8 -- Visual Communication 93; Chapter 9 -- The Postmodern Condition 103 |
|
Chapter 10 -- Media Professionals: Power and Responsibility 121Bibliography 137 |
| Summary |
This book provides undergraduate students in media programmes with the essential background knowledge to start developing critical analytical skills. It instructs media professionals to realise the key role of the media in the social construction of reality and to understand the many ways in which individuals and groups compete for the influence associated with this role. Based on the teaching experience of the authors, this book strikes a balance between the complexities of media phenomena, and the students' need for uncomplicated and accessible readings. Critical Media Analysis introduces students to the basics of media work, theory and history, and discusses how media professionals can engage with the postmodern challenges. This textbook makes the case for the relevance of critical knowledge and skills, next to technical and business training, in the education of competent and responsible media professionals |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Mass media criticism.
|
|
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Media Studies.
|
|
Mass media criticism
|
|
Communicatiewetenschap.
|
|
Kritisch denken.
|
|
Theorieën.
|
| Form |
Electronic book
|
| Author |
Kukkonen, Karin
|
| ISBN |
9783653007756 |
|
3653007755 |
|
