The Craft Of Criticism: Critical Media Studies In Practice Paperback

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With Contributions From 30 Leading Media Scholars, This Collection Provides a Comprehensive Overview of The Main Methodologies of Critical Media studies. Chapters Address Various Methods of Textual Analysis, as Well as Reception Studies, Policy, Production Studies, And Contextual, Multi-Method Approaches, Like Intertextuality And Cultural geography. Film And Television Are at The Heart of The Collection, Which Also Addresses Emergent Technologies And New Research Tools in Such Areas as Software Studies, Gaming, And Digital humanities. Each Chapter Includes an Intellectual History of a Particular Method or Approach, a Discussion of Why And How it Was Used to Study a Particular Medium or Media, Relevant Examples of Influential Work in The Area, And an in-Depth Review of a Case Study Drawn From The Author's Own research. Together, The Chapters in This Collection Give Media Critics a Complete Toolbox of Essential Critical Media Studies methodologies.

0415716306

9780415716307

English

Taylor & Francis Ltd

01 Jul 2018

356

Michael Kackman

Mary Celeste Kearney

An Instant Classic From a Stellar Group of Contributors Who Lucidly Explain The Key Concepts And Methods of Critical Media studies. Both Innovative And Practical, The Craft of Criticism Promises to Become a Touchstone For The Field And an Essential Resource For The classroom. -Michael Curtin, University of California, Santa Barbara