A2 Media Studies: The Essential Introduction

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Taylor & Francis, 2005 - 286 Seiten

Written by experienced teachers and examiners, A2 Media Studies builds solidly on the groundwork laid by the AS Media Studies syllabus and develops key topics in greater depth and introduces students to the notion of independent study.

Bang up-to-date, this full colour, fully-illustrated text is designed to support students through the transition from a focus on textual analysis to the consideration of the wider contexts that inform any study of the media.

Specially designed to be user-friendly, A2 Media Studies includes:

  • sample AQA exam questions
  • activities and practical assignments
  • further reading
  • case studies
  • a glossary of key terms and resources.

This is a book no A2 level media studies student can afford to be without.

 

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FIGURES
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
FIGURE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INTRODUCTION
WIDER CONTEXTS
REALITY TV
SPORT IN THE MEDIA
GETTING AT THESE WIDER CONTEXTS
BEYOND THE ACTIVE AUDIENCE
FURTHER READING
NEWS
NEWS ROOM ROLES
CONSTRUCTION OF A NEWS STORY
TELEVISION NEWS PRESENTATION
CASE STUDY
FURTHER READING

FURTHER READING
INDEPENDENT STUDYRESEARCH
MAKING A START
TITLE
STRUCTURE
BIBLIOGRAPHY AND REFERENCES
PRESENTATION
SOME MORE ON AQA UNIT 5
GENRE
PINNING DOWN THE IDENTITIES AND MEANINGS OF GENRE
GENRE STUDIES
HYBRIDS
CELEBRITY LIFESTYLE MAGAZINES
BRITISH TELEVISION CRIME FICTION
IDEAS FOR EXPLORING GENRE
REPRESENTATION
MEDIATION AS A PROCESS
STEREOTYPES AND MINORITIES
ALTERNATIVE REPRESENTATIONS
TYPES OF REALISM
IDEOLOGY AND REPRESENTATION
INTRODUCTION TO CASE STUDIES
IN A BIG COUNTRY THE MEANINGS OF SCOTLAND
SLUGS AND SNAILS AND PUPPY DOGS TAILS THE MEANINGS OF MEN
REALITY TV
AUDIENCE
WHO IS INTERESTED IN THE AUDIENCE AND WHY?
PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING AND THE AUDIENCE
AUDIENCE THEORIES
ACTIVE AUDIENCES
AUDIENCES AND HEGEMONY
RECEPTION THEORY
TELEVISION SCHEDULES AND THE AUDIENCE
COMPARATIVE TEXTUAL ANALYSIS
POSTMODERNIST READINGS
THE CONDITIONS OF PRODUCTION
THE CONTEXTS OF CONSUMPTION
PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER
THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES
THE POPULAR CULTURE DEBATE
THE TOOLKIT OF THEORY
STRUCTURALISM
POSTSTRUCTURALISM
POSTMODERNISM
FEMINISM
QUEER THEORY
MARXISM
LIBERAL PLURALISM
4
CULTURAL IMPERIALISM AND POSTCOLONIALISM
5
FURTHER READING
7
PASSING EXAMS
8
COMMON SENSE PREVAILS
11
THE MEDIA STUDIES FOCUS
13
UNSEEN TEXT EXAMS
15
CRIME FICTION
19
SOME GENDER ISSUES
22
ENTER THE EXPERT
25
ECONOMIES OF SCALE AND LOCATIONS OF CHOICE
26
THE KNOWING AUDIENCE
27
FURTHER READING
29
RESOURCES
30
GLOSSARY
31
BIBLIOGRAPHY
39
INDEX
42
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