Why Study the Media?
Author | : Roger Silverstone |
Publisher | : SAGE |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 1999-12-13 |
ISBN-10 | : 0761964541 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780761964544 |
Rating | : 4/5 (544 Downloads) |
Download or read book Why Study the Media? written by Roger Silverstone and published by SAGE. This book was released on 1999-12-13 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: `It's easy to be snobbish about media culture; the great merit of Roger Silverstone's book is to make the reader understand just how important that culture is' - Richard Sennett, New York University `A remarkable book which argues for a new paradigm for the study of the media' - Daniel Dayan, Centre National de la Recherche `A persuasive and sophisticated discussion of the role of the media in modern life at the threshold of the twenty-first century' - Ellen Seiter, University of California `A very important book, one that moves media theory and argument on at long last. This is an attempt to get people to think differently about the media - not ju