{"product_id":"classics-in-media-theory-9781032557953","title":"Classics in Media Theory","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Bengtsson | Stina\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Taylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • Subject: History\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Media Studies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis comprehensive collection introduces and contextualizes media studies' most influential texts and thinkers, from early 20th century mass communication to the first stages of digital culture in the 21st century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe volume brings together influential theories about media, mediation and communication, as well as the relationships between media, culture and society. Each chapter presents a close reading of a classic text, written by a contemporary media studies scholar. Each contributor presents a summary of this text, relates it to the traditions of ideas in media studies and highlights its contemporary relevance. The text explores the core theoretical traditions of media studies: in particular, cultural studies, mass communication research, medium theory and critical theory, helping students gain a better understanding of how media studies has developed under shifting historical conditions and giving them the tools to analyse their contemporary situation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is essential reading for students of media and communication and adjacent fields such as journalism studies, sociology and cultural studies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"T\u0026F","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45091153215639,"sku":"9781032557953","price":5541.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781032557953.webp?v=1769203841","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/classics-in-media-theory-9781032557953","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}