Routledge Introductions to Media and Communications

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1. Photography

   By Stephen Bull

   Series: Routledge Introductions to Media and Communications

   Photography explores the photograph in the twenty-first century and its importance as a media form. Stephen Bull considers our media-saturated society and the place of photography in everyday life, introducing the theories used to analyse photographs and exploring the impact of digital...

   Published December 8th 2009 by Routledge
2. Advertising

   By Iain MacRury

   Series: Routledge Introductions to Media and Communications

   Advertising, once seen as 'the official art of capitalist society' is an increasingly commonplace component of a characteristically promotional culture. Iain MacRury's Advertising offers the means to explore and evaluate this transition with an introduction to advertising for the contemporary...

   Published December 18th 2008 by Routledge
3. Magazines

   By Anna Gough-Yates

   Series: Routledge Introductions to Media and Communications

   Published February 29th 2008 by Routledge
4. Brands

   By Marcel Danesi

   Series: Routledge Introductions to Media and Communications

   Marcel Danesi's outstanding introduction provides a clear guide to brands and brand identity, outlining their historical origins and their increasing centrality in contemporary consumer culture. He introduces: the origins of brands naming and brand image how semiotic theory can be used to...

   Published May 14th 2006 by Routledge
5. Internet

   By Lorenzo Cantoni, Stefano Tardini

   Series: Routledge Introductions to Media and Communications

   From music to gaming, information gathering to eLearning; eCommerce to eGovernment, Lorenzo Cantoni and Stefano Tardini's absorbing introduction considers the internet as a communication technology; the opportunities it affords us, the limitations it imposes and the functions it...

   Published February 22nd 2006 by Routledge
6. News

   By Jackie Harrison

   Series: Routledge Introductions to Media and Communications

   From an author highly knowledgeable in the field, News is a handy and accessible guide that examines the history of news, both as newspapers and radio, and as entertainment and information, and introduces students to the key concepts and issues that surround the news. Using up-to-date case...

   Published November 9th 2005 by Routledge