3rd Edition

AS Communication and Culture The Essential Introduction

By Peter Bennett, Jerry Slater Copyright 2008
352 Pages 29 Color & 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

352 Pages 29 Color & 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

AS Communication and Culture: The Essential Introduction is fully revised for the current GCE Communication and Culture Advanced Subsidiary specification with full colour throughout, over 120 images, new case studies and examples. The authors introduce students step-by-step to the skills of reading communication texts and understanding the link between communication and culture, as... Read more

Section A: Introducing Communication and Culure.  Section B: Codes.  Section C: Identity and the Self.  Section D: Toolkits; The Process and Semiotic Approaches.  Section E: Practical Analysis and Case Studies.  Section F: The Individual and Contemoporary Culture.  Section G: Cultural Context and Practices.  Section H: Doing the Coursework.  Section I: Passing Exams.  Glossary

Biography

Peter Bennett is Chief Examiner for GCE Communication and Culture, Senior Lecturer in the School of Education at the University of Wolverhampton, co-editor of Communication Studies: The Essential Resource (2003) and co-author of Framework Media: Channels (2003) and A2 Media Studies: The Essential Introduction (2005)

Jerry Slater is Principal Examiner for GCE Communication & Culture, teacher at Colchester Sixth Form College and co-author of A2 Media Studies: The Essential Introduction (2005)

'The use of direct address, rhetorical questions and a chatty conversational tone, with lots of concrete, everyday examples will involve students in a way that more conventional Communication studies textbooks do not ... Your students will enjoy this more up-to-date approach.' – www.communicationandculture.co.uk