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The media student's book / Gill Branston with Roy Stafford.

By: Branston, GillContributor(s): Stafford, RoyMaterial type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2010. Edition: 5th edDescription: xxv, 457 p. : ill. (mostly col.) ; 25 cmISBN: 9780415558419 (hardback : alk. paper); 0415558417 (hardback : alk. paper); 9780415558426 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0415558425 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9780203850640 (ebook); 0203850645 (ebook)Subject(s): Mass mediaDDC classification: 302.23 BRM LOC classification: P90 | .B6764 2010Online resources: OCLC | Ebook Fulltext
Contents:
List of Figures Acknowledgments Introduction Section 1: Key concepts 1 Approaching media texts Introduction Semiotic approaches Structuralism, difference(s), and oppositions Denotation and connotation The social nature of signs Debates Content analysis Conclusion a Case study: Visual and aural signs Analysing a poster, and notes on two photos Voices and sound signifiers Audio-visual moving images Content analysis a 2 Narratives General theories of narrative Narration, story and plot Narratives in different media Long running and 'single' narratives 'New media' and narrative debates Conclusion References and further reading Case study: CSI: Miami and Crime fiction The classification 'crime fiction' Plot/story Applying Todorov Applying Propp Applying Barthes Applying Levi-Strauss Narratives, institutions, ideologies References and further reading 3 Genres and classification Classifying films: Thelma and Louise (US 1991) Repetition and difference Repertoires of elements.
Summary: Suitable for students of media studies, this title covers important issues facing media studies, including: approaching media texts; narrative; genres and other classifications; representations; globalisation; ideologies and discourses; the business of media; debating advertising, branding and celebrity; and, research - skills and methods.
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302.2244 CAW 1999 Writing : 302.2244 COL 2003 Literacy and literacies : 302.23 BEA 1999 Advanced level media / 302.23 BRM 2010 The media student's book / 302.23 DOD The dynamics of mass communication : 302.23 HAU 1991 Understanding the media : 302.23 WYM 2005 The Media and body image :

Abstract:

Suitable for students of media studies, this title covers important issues facing media studies, including: approaching media texts; narrative; genres and other classifications; representations; globalisation; ideologies and discourses; the business of media; debating advertising, branding and celebrity; and, research - skills and methods.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

List of Figures Acknowledgments Introduction Section 1: Key concepts 1 Approaching media texts Introduction Semiotic approaches Structuralism, difference(s), and oppositions Denotation and connotation The social nature of signs Debates Content analysis Conclusion a Case study: Visual and aural signs Analysing a poster, and notes on two photos Voices and sound signifiers Audio-visual moving images Content analysis a 2 Narratives General theories of narrative Narration, story and plot Narratives in different media Long running and 'single' narratives 'New media' and narrative debates Conclusion References and further reading Case study: CSI: Miami and Crime fiction The classification 'crime fiction' Plot/story Applying Todorov Applying Propp Applying Barthes Applying Levi-Strauss Narratives, institutions, ideologies References and further reading 3 Genres and classification Classifying films: Thelma and Louise (US 1991) Repetition and difference Repertoires of elements.

Suitable for students of media studies, this title covers important issues facing media studies, including: approaching media texts; narrative; genres and other classifications; representations; globalisation; ideologies and discourses; the business of media; debating advertising, branding and celebrity; and, research - skills and methods.

English

Tahur Ahmed

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