Media and Society: Production, Content and Participation

1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-4462-6768-4
Verlag: PAPERBACKSHOP UK IMPORT

Buch, Englisch, 352 Seiten, Format (B × H): 191 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 771 g

'This is the media and society text that critical scholars have been waiting for'.

- Professor Mark Andrejevic, Pomona College

This book unpacks the role of the media in social, cultural and political contexts and encourages you to reflect on the power relationships that are formed as a result.

Structured around the three cornerstones of media studies; production, content and participation, this is an ideal introduction to your studies in media, culture and society. The book:

- Evaluates recent developments in media production, industries and platforms brought about the emergence of interactive media technologies.

- Examines the shifting relationship between media production and consumption instigated by the rise of social and mobile media, recasting consumption as ‘participation’.

- Explores the construction of texts and meanings via media representations, consumer culture and popular culture, as well as the relationship between politics and public relations.

- Assesses the debates around the creative and cultural labour involved in meaning-making.

- Includes a companion website featuring exercise and discussion questions, links to relevant blogs and web material, lists of further reading and free access to key journal articles.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Carah, Nicholas

Louw, Eric

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Meaning, Representation and Power
Chapter 2: The Industrial Production of Meaning
Chapter 3: Power and Media Production
Chapter 4: The Global Information Economy
Chapter 5: Media and Communication Professionals
Chapter 6: Making News
Chapter 7: Politics and Communication Strategists
Chapter 8: Producing and Negotiating Identities
Chapter 9: Consumer Culture, Branding and Advertising
Chapter 10: Popular Culture
Chapter 11: Social Media, Interactivity and Participation
Chapter 12: Mobile Media, Urban Space and Everyday Life
Chapter 13: Constructing and Managing Audiences
Chapter 14: Managing Participation

Über Autor(innen)

Louw, Eric
Eric Louw, School of Communication & Arts, University of Queensland, previously worked for a number of South African universities (University of South Africa, University of Natal and Rand Afrikaans University), and ran a NGO engaged in development work.

His books include: Media and Society: production, content and participation (SAGE, 2015), The Media and Political Process (SAGE, 2010), The Media and Cultural Production (SAGE, 2001), The Roots of the Pax Americana (MUP, 2010), New Voices Over the Air: The Transformation of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (Hampton Press, 2010), South African Media Policy (1995), and The Rise, Fall and Legacy of Apartheid (Praeger, 2005).

Louw has published widely in the fields of political communication, South African media and South African political discourse. His current research is focusing on the transformation of South Africa.

Carah, Nicholas
Nicholas Carah is Director of the Centre for Digital Cultures & Societies and Professor in the School of Communication and Arts at The University of Queensland. He is also an Associate Investigator in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society and leads the UQ node of the Australian Internet Observatory.
Nicholas is a UQ Teaching Fellow (2018–2019) and has been awarded the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Award for Teaching Excellence (2019) and The University of Queensland Award for Teaching Excellence (2020).
Nicholas’ research has been published in Media, Culture & Society, Cultural Studies, Social Media & Society, New Media & Society, Television & New Media, Convergence, Consumption, Markets & Culture and Mobile Media & Communication. He is the author of Brand Machines, Sensory Media and Calculative Culture (2016), Media and Society: Production, Content and Participation (2015) and Pop Brands: Branding, Popular Music and Young People (2010). He is the co-editor of Digital Intimate Publics and Social Media (2018) and Conflict in my Outlook (2022).