By Paul Hodkinson (author)
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Media increasingly dominate our social and cultural worlds, affecting issues of power, politics, knowledge, identity, and everyday life. But what are the implications of the mediatisation of contemporary life, and how should we make sense of it?
In this fully updated and revised edition of his bestselling textbook, Paul Hodkinson explores the social and cultural significance of media in the age of digital platforms. Encompassing media technologies, industries, texts and users, and combining coverage of classic theories with extensive new material on platforms, social media, datafication and more, this book will equip you to navigate the fast-moving field of media and communication studies. Media, Culture and Society provides an essential overview for students studying introductory media modules, as well as depth for those further into their media degree.
Paul Hodkinson is a sociologist whose work is focused upon youth cultures, online communications and on the relationships between media and cultural identities. He has conducted extensive research on goth subculture and is author of Goth. Identity, Style and Subculture (2002, Oxford: Berg). He is also co-editor of Youth Cultures: Scenes, Subcultures and Tribes (2007, London: Routledge).
He is currently researching young people′s use of online communications - notably through social networking sites. He is based in the Department of Sociology at the University of Surrey. He joined the department of sociology in August 2003. He was previously Senior Lecturer in Media Studies at University College Northampton and prior to that, he studied at the University of Birmingham at undergraduate and postgraduate level.
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Media, Culture and Society: An Introduction features in the following genres: Featured Books for Young Adults, Books for Teachers, Computers and the Digital World, History, Work / Industry, Educational: Media studies, Recommendations, Science, Children’s / Teenage: General interest, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Educational: Humanities and social sciences, general, Educational material
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Media, Culture and Society: An Introduction was written by Paul Hodkinson and published by Sage an imprint of SAGE Publications
Media, Culture and Society: An Introduction has 376 pages
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