Media Criticism in a Digital Age introduces readers to a variety of critical approaches to audio and video discourse on radio, television and the Internet. It is intended for those preparing for electronic media careers as well as for anyone seeking to enhance their media literacy. This book takes the unequivocal view that the material heard and seen over digital media is worthy of serious consideration. Media Criticism in a Digital Age applies key aesthetic, sociological, philosophical, psychological, structural and economic principles to arrive at a comprehensive evaluation of programming and advertising content. It offers a rich blend of insights from both industry and academic authorities. These insights range from the observations of Plato and Aristotle to the research that motivates twenty-first century marketing and advertising. Key features of the book are comprised of: multiple video examples including commercials, cartoons and custom graphics to illustrate core critical concepts; chapters reflecting today’s media world, including coverage of broadband and social media issues; fifty perceptive critiques penned by a variety of widely respected media observers and; a supplementary website for professors that provides suggested exercises to accompany each chapter (www.routledge .com/cw/orlik) Media Criticism in a Digital Age equips emerging media professionals as well as perceptive consumers with the evaluative tools to maximize their media understanding and enjoyment.

Product Description: Marshall McLuhan was one of the leading media theorists of the twentieth century. This collection of essays explores the many facets of McLuhan’s work from a transatlantic perspective, balancing applied case studies with theoretical discussions.

Product Description: In Anti-Media, Dutch media theorist and author Florian Cramer looks at the interdependence between various subcultures and mainstream culture and/or industry--from literature written in the style of computer code and electroacoustic music using new technology to internet porn and anti-copyright activism...read more

Product Description: A comprehensive and practical guide to writing a successful media paper or report, from selecting a topic to submitting the final draft.• Offers timelines students can use to pace themselves throughout the research and writing process• Examples of different formatting styles are included along with a checklist for final paper...read more

Product Description: Eine sozialwissenschaftlich tragfähige Medienkritik setzt eine leistungsfähige Medienanalyse voraus. Aus Sicht einer konstruktivistischen Soziologie der Medien werden Grundlagen und Anwendungsfelder einer solchen Medienanalyse in den Bereichen Medienkritik, Mediensozialisation, Inklusion und Integration durch Medien sowie Interaktivität neuer Medien vorgestellt...read more

Product Description: Mind the Screen pays tribute to the work of the pioneering European film scholar Thomas Elsaesser, author of several volumes on media studies and cinema culture. Covering a full scope of issues arising from the author’s work—from melodrama and mediated memory to avant-garde practices, media archaeology, and the audiovisual archive—this collection elaborates and expands on Elsaesser’s original ideas along the topical lines of cinephilia, the historical imaginary, the contemporary European cinematic experience, YouTube, and images of terrorism and double occupancy, among other topics...read more

Product Description: The accompanying Analysing Media Texts DVD-ROM is the winner of the 2006 British Universities Film and Video Council's 'Learning on Screen Award' for Interactive Media (Course and Curriculum related content). Visit the Understanding Media series microsite...read more

Product Description: 'Feted and reviled in his own lifetime, Marshall McLuhan has made a dramatic comeback in recent years. Marchessault gives a balanced and carefully considered appraisal of McLuhan's contribution to cultural theory, which may be even more pertinent now, in the early twenty-first century, than when he originally formulated it in the 1950s and '60s' Jim McGuigan, Professor of Cultural Analysis, Loughborough University Why is McLuhan important? What use can we make of his approach to the media today? In this insightful critical introduction, McLuhan's contribution is carefully explained and his reputation reassessed...read more

Product Description: 'Feted and reviled in his own lifetime, Marshall McLuhan has made a dramatic comeback in recent years. Marchessault gives a balanced and carefully considered appraisal of McLuhan's contribution to cultural theory, which may be even more pertinent now, in the early twenty-first century, than when he originally formulated it in the 1950s and '60s' Jim McGuigan, Professor of Cultural Analysis, Loughborough University Why is McLuhan important? What use can we make of his approach to the media today? In this insightful critical introduction, McLuhan's contribution is carefully explained and his reputation reassessed...read more

Product Description: International communication affects the way we think about other countries and their people and sets the agenda of issues that face the global community. This book introduces the functions of international communications.

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Product Description: In an age of global information structures, what scope exists for independent citizen action in media and cultural policy formation? How can audiences effectively voice critiques of media content? In an increasingly market-centred and consumer-oriented media world, what is the potential for monitoring, lobbying and advocacy?This book argues that despite the breakdown of traditional patterns of regulation, there is a role for local action to promote diversity in the media...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Electronic Media Criticism introduces readers to a variety of critical approaches to audio and video discourse on radio, television and the Internet. The book applies key aesthetic, sociological, philosophical, psychological, structural and economic principles to arrive at a comprehensive evaluation of both programming and advertising content. It includes numerous critiques to illustrate the ways in which critical expression can be structured, providing readers with feasible and flexible tools for focused and rational analysis of electronic media product as well as enhanced understanding of the role and essential ingredients of criticism itself. These insights range from the perceptions of Plato and Aristotle to the research that motivates twenty-first century marketing and advertising.

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Product Description: The chapters in this volume focus on the international system of monitoring media coverage of global problems such as peace and war, human rights, and the environment. The kind of media criticism advocated by the media monitoring idea is motivated by scientifically based description and assessment of media performance carried out by methods of content analysis...read more

For the past 25 years, critics of communication have focused on the content and form of verbal and nonverbal communication, while for the most part neglecting what traditionally has been considered a technical rather than a critical issue--the impact of how messages are produced or formatted in the various media. Topics such as the sexual and violent content of television and films, the meaning of pornography, and the persuasive efforts of advertisers largely have been examined with the use of social science methodologies that ignore the behavioral and message-generating implications of specific media systems themselves. Filling a significant void in the literature, this volume eschews the notion of communication technologies as neutral conduits, and instead depicts them as active and creative determinants of meaning. In doing so, it offers an illuminating examination of the dynamic relationships among communication, cognition, and social organization. Winner of the Eastern Communication Association's Everett Lee Hunt Award for Outstanding Scholarship

Product Description: There is a major distinction between those who absorb media images as spectators, and those who absorb them as commentators. Responding to images as a journalist, broadcaster, essayist, or critic, requires keen precision and a unique originality...read more

Product Description: There is a major distinction between those who absorb media images as spectators, and those who absorb them as commentators. Responding to images as a journalist, broadcaster, essayist, or critic, requires keen precision and a unique originality...read more

Product Description: This is an exploration of the ways in which the mass media of communication influence and reflect the character of racial and ethnic identity, and the relations between individuals and groups. A structural perspective is one which emphasizes the regularity of patterns of behaviour, ideas, images, opinions, and relationships, and argues that this regularoty reflects the influence of structure...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

This useful reference book addresses the specific needs of satellite systems, including link calculations, the terrestrial interface, baseband systems and signal processing, modulation techniques, coding, synchronization, TDMA and onboard processing. AUTHOR'S COMMENTSBy mastering this book, the reader acquires the tools and skills necessary to analyze and design elements of modern satellite communications systems. This book is for engineers and managers, for the advanced student who wants a solid understanding of this field and for the researcher who needs a consolidated, comprehensive up-to-date reference text of digital communications systems. PUBLISHER'S COMMENTSThis text is an essential reference book in this field, one of the few books dedicated solely to satellite technology. It has been made available once again to serve the information needs of engineers who are building and operating the satellite systems of today and tomorrow.