Media & Film Studies

Radio Drama brings together the practical skills needed for radio drama, such as directing, writing and sound design, with media history and communication theory...

First Published in 1989, this work is based around a monthly TV column which Raymond Williams wrote for The Listener between 1968 and 1972. Those were the years of the Prague Spring, of anti-Vietnam war demonstrations, of fighting in Cambodia and Northern Ireland, of hope for McGovern in the United ..

First Published in 1989, this work is based around a monthly TV column which Raymond Williams wrote for The Listener between 1968 and 1972. Those were the years of the Prague Spring, of anti-Vietnam war demonstrations, of fighting in Cambodia and Northern Ireland, of hope for McGovern in the United ..

The unremitting explosion of reality television across the schedules has become a sustainable global phenomenon generating considerable popular and political fervour._x000D_ This book addresses the impact of this endless opening out of intimacy as an entertainment trend that erodes the traditional b..

Multimodal analyses of both remixed and non-remixed intertextual work, with a particular focus on examples of critical remix video, fuel the discussion in the book, synthesizing a number of investigative methods including semiotic, rhetorical and ideological analysis...

This volume provides readers with a themed discussion of the range and variety of the media’s engagement with history, and a close study of the relationship between media, history and national identity...

This volume provides readers with a themed discussion of the range and variety of the media’s engagement with history, and a close study of the relationship between media, history and national identity...

This essential resource is among the first to focus specifically and comprehensively on journalistic coverage of disasters. It demonstrates the application of scholarship and theory to professional practice, and includes a crash book template with logistical and information-collection requirements. ..

This essential resource is among the first to focus specifically and comprehensively on journalistic coverage of disasters. It demonstrates the application of scholarship and theory to professional practice, and includes a crash book template with logistical and information-collection requirements. ..

Examining one of the core themes of media and cultural studies, Representation introduces students to a range of methodologies for analysing media texts._x000D_ _x000D_ Featuring a range of current examples and written in a lively style, Jenny Kidd explores a number of the key questions that surroun..

Examining one of the core themes of media and cultural studies, Representation introduces students to a range of methodologies for analysing media texts._x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ Featuring a range of current examples and written in a lively style, Jenny Kidd explores a number of the key questions ..

There is no doubt, journalism faces challenging times. Since the turn of the millennium, the financial health of the news industry is failing, mainstream audiences are on the decline, and professional authority, credibility and autonomy are eroding. The outlook is bleak and it’s understandable that ..