Praise for the first edition: In his beautifully balanced, clear and broad-ranging account of a fast-changing field, Paul Hodkinson has successfully brought together myriad perspectives with which to critically analyse today′s media culture and media society. -- Sonia Livingstone This is a highly useful book for those teaching and studying media. It provides comprehensive accounts of classic approaches to media and culture, but also recent theorists and research. Artfully, it feels fresh but grounded. This is not just a textbook, but also a scholarly exposition of the nature of media studies today. It is one I thoroughly endorse. -- Andrew McStay Introductory texts are notoriously difficult to write; they have to be accessible, engaging, well organised and well written. Paul Hodkinson has succeeded in writing a book which makes a distinctive and engaging contribution to the literature; it is a work which combines scholarship and imagination. This second edition is carefully organised and sets an agenda which will be useful to students in a wide variety of contexts. It manages to combine traditional approaches to understanding the media with new and emergent issues and areas. Contemporary examples and illustrations are used throughout to ensure that general analysis is always embedded in particular case studies and each section is rounded off with a summary conclusion which allows students to reflect on their reading. The book is fully supported by key references and succeeds in providing an introduction to which students will return throughout their studies. -- Tim O′Sullivan Publisher : SAGE Publications Ltd; Second edition (21 Dec. 2016) Language : English Hardcover : 344 pages ISBN-10 : 1473902355 ISBN-13 : 978-1473902350 Dimensions : 18.54 x 2.29 x 23.37 cm Link download https://nitro.download/view/25EA2E0EE44DE57https://nitroflare.com/folder/949760/L00VuZ2xpc2g=
