MEDIA AND SOCIETY: PRODUCTION, CONTENT AND PARTICIPATION

• Main Author: Carah, Nicholas (Author)
• Other Authors: Louw, Eric (co-author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles Sage 2015
• Subjects: Mass media > Political aspects; Mass media > Social aspects; Mass media and culture
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• Physical Description: xii, 336 pages illustration 23 cm.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9781446267691

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.