"Explores the concept of media audiences from four broad perspectives: as 'victims' of mass media, as market constructions and commodities, as users of media, and as producers and subcultures of mass media. The goal of the text is for students to be able to think critically abou…
"Explores the concept of media audiences from four broad perspectives: as 'victims' of mass media, as market constructions and commodities, as users of media, and as producers and subcultures of mass media. The goal of the text is for students to be able to think critically abou…
"Taking a global and interdisciplinary approach, Children and Media explores the role of modern media, including the internet, television, mobile media and video games, in the development of children, adolescents, and childhood. Primer to global issues and core research into chi…
The marketplace of attention -- Media users -- The media -- Media measures -- Audience formations -- Constructing the marketplace of attention -- Public attention in the marketplace of ideas.
"Cristian Vaccari presents an analysis of seven advanced Western democracies' digital politics-US, UK, Australia, Germany, Italy, Spain, and France-from 2006 to 2010. Examining the presentation and consumption of website politics, his study not only refutes claims that the web c…
Case 1.1 : The Wrestling Boards / Crystle Martin -- Case 1.2 : StarCraft II / Yong Ming Kow, Amanda Wortman, and Timothy Young -- Affinity : Bonding through shared cultures and practices / Rachel Cody Pfister and Crystle Martin -- Case 2.1: 1D on Wattpad / Ksenia Korobkova -- Ca…
How online affinity networks expand learning and opportunity for young people Boyband One Direction fanfiction writers, gamers who solve math problems together, Harry Potter fans who knit for a cause. Across subcultures and geographies, young fans have found each other and forme…