The media: an introduction

The Media: an introduction, 3e, has been fully updated and expanded to include brand new chapters on: Approaches to Media; Media Form; Models of Media Institutions; The Media in Europe; Photography; Newspapers; Magazines; Book Publishing; Radio; Television; The Internet; News Media; Economics; Policy; Public Service Broadcasting in Europe; Censorship; Audience Research; Sexuality; Gender; Social Class; Religion; The Body; Health and Illness; Nationality; and Sex Acts. Expert contributions on each topic provide a broad and comprehensive introduction and theoretical overview of the media industry. Thirty-six specially commissioned essays are provided, these offer the reader unrivalled breadth and depth for an introduction to the study of contemporary media. The Media: an introduction is essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students of media studies, cultural studies, communication studies, journalism, film studies, the sociology of the media, popular culture and other related subjects

New to this edition: New 5 part structure provides a broad and coherent approach to media - Part 1 Understanding the Media; Part 2 What are the Media?; Part 3 The Media Environment; Part 4 Audiences, Influences and Effects; Part 5 Media Representations. Brand new chapters on: Approaches to Media; Media Form; Models of Media Institutions; The Media in Europe; Photography; Newspapers; Magazines; Book Publishing; Radio; Television; The Internet; News Media; Economics; Policy; Public Service Broadcasting in Europe; Censorship; Audience Research; Sexuality; Gender; Social Class; Religion; The Body; Health and Illness; Nationality; Sex Acts. Other chapter topics from the last edition fully updated A wider, more comparative focus on Europe

Originally published: 1998

The 2nd ed. was edited by Adam Briggs & Paul Cobley, 2002

Includes index

Introduction, Daniele Albertazzi and Paul Cobley; Part 1: Understanding the Media, Daniele Albertazzi and Paul Cobley 1. Approaches to the Media, Joanne Sayner 2. Media Form, John Corner 3. Models of Media Institutions, Stylianos Papathanassopoulos 4. The Media in Europe, Hans J. Kleinsteuber; Part 2: What Are the Media? Introduction, Daniele Albertazzi and Paul Cobley 5. Comics, Roger Sabin 6. Photography, Stephen Bull 7. Book Publishing, Beverley Tarquini 8. Public Relations, David Miller 9 Newspapers, Raymond Kuhn 10. Magazines, Anna Gough-Yates 11. Radio, Guy Starkey 12. Television, Dorothy Hobson 13. Cinema, Anne Jäckel 14. Pop Music, Roy Shuker 15. The Internet and the Web, Lorenzo Cantoni and Stefano Tardini 16. News Agencies, Oliver Boyd-Barrett and Terhi Rantanen 17. News Media, Jackie Harrison 18. Advertising, Iain MacRury;

Part 3: The Media Environment: Policy, Economics and Institutions, Introduction, Daniele Albertazzi and Paul Cobley 19. Economics, John Sedgwick and Guglielmo Volpe 20. Policy, Marco Gambaro 21. Public Service Broadcasting in Europe, Jérôme Bourdon 22. Censorship and Freedom of Speech, Julian Petley; Part 4: Audiences, influences and effects, Introdu…