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Understanding Media Theory is an accessible introduction to mass media theory. The book emphasizes the importance of using theory not only to make sense of the role of the media in society but also to understand particular aspects of the process of mass communication. This is an introduction to theory which students can understand and enjoy.

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"An archaeology of the video game engine examined through the lens of art modding (alterations to video games by players or fans)"--

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Us against Them examines the phenomenon of talk radio and the role that it plays in the American political process as well as popular culture. Utilizing historical accounts of the industry's growth, biographies of well-known hosts, and interviews with individuals working in th...

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This book is a collection of essays which examine narratives created on the advertising page, with special focus on gender images. Through a cross-disciplinary investigation, this collection offers a varied analysis of advertising and mass media which are important for students and scholars alike.

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The history of HVJ, Vatican Radio, is discussed in this work along with its role in propagating church policies in all areas. Vatican Radio has served as one of the major media instruments of the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church since its beginning in 1931.

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Videogame, player, text examines the playing and playful subject through a series of analytical essays focused on particular videogames. -- .

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Vinyl Records and Analog Culture in the Digital Age examines music technologies from a popular culture studies perspective, taking into consideration the ways in which human beings bring these technologies into their lives and the discursive practices they create.

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This handbook presents the views of those who believe violence in the media causes violent behavior and those who remain unconvinced that any such relationship exists, and examines the results of studies on violence in the media and recommendations for its control.

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"A survey of key areas related to digital music and the internet with a focus on how technology impacts the relationship between music and its listeners"--

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A print and broadcast journalist for 10 years before going academic, Meadows (journalism, Grittith U., Brisbane) analyzes how Australian journalism reports on Indigenous people and issues, arguing that professional practices have been complicit in creating and sustaining particular images of them bo

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Explores the roots and causes of our increasingly voyeuristic society and argues against using the First Amendment to safeguard our right to peer into others' lives.

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This work is about how the allied coalition and government of Iraq attempted to influence, utilize and manipulate the ways in which the Gulf War was presented by the media to the outside world between mid January and March 1991.

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"Investigates the changing relations between videogames, militarism, war, cultural memory, and history."--

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Offers an exploration of the new theories in the shape of a survey of current work on the audiences for different TV genres.

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The second edition combines fully revised chapters with fresh insights into the most pressing developments and controversies in cyberspace. It provides a comprehensive overview of web-based culture and the arts, the theories and methodology of cyber culture studies and the international context in which online activism continues to be debated.

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Through their own experience, and through personal interviews conducted with many of the key media and political figures, the authors construct a vivid picture of how political communication is managed and the direction in which it is going.

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Through their own experience, and through personal interviews conducted with many of the key media and political figures, the authors construct a vivid picture of how political communication is managed and the direction in which it is going.

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"Bold, counterintuitive, and cathartic... Alterman is ready for a bar fight, and he comes out swinging."New York Times Book Review