Exploring Media Culture: A Guide

by Michael R. Real

Book Overview

This unique textbook provides a fresh interpretation of media analysis and cultural studies. Each chapter focuses on a particular aspect of American popular culture - including Hollywood cinema, presidential elections and the Super Bowl - to demystify complex concepts such as ritual, postmodernism and political economy. This use of popular culture texts, narratives and interpretations will enable readers to understand more about this important yet...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803958773
• ISBN13: 9780803958777
• Release Date: September 1996
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Great Media Guide

Exploring Media Culture: A Guide is one of the most modern and interesting text books I have been required to read throughout my college career. I was lucky enough to have the author as a professor for a communications class, and his brilliance and marvelous experiences are reflected throughout this very-well written, extensive, and informative book.