| Media Audiences Four-Volume Set Edition Contributor(s): Gunter, Barrie (Editor), Machin, David (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1847875793 ISBN-13: 9781847875792 Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd OUR PRICE: $1128.60 Product Type: Hardcover Published: July 2009 Annotation: The relationship between the media and viewers, readers and listeners is complex and consequently 'audiences' have become a key area in media and communications research in the social sciences and humanities. This major reference collection, Media Audiences, brings together a range of theoretical, methodological and thematically diverse articles and chapters that comprehensively map the most important kinds of work and ideas in international audience studies.
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Popular Culture |
| Dewey: 302.23 |
| LCCN: 2008939858 |
| Series: Sage Benchmarks in Communication |
| Physical Information: 1320 pages |
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| Publisher Description: The relationship between the media and viewers, readers and listeners is complex and consequently ′audiences′ have become a key area in media and communications research in the social sciences and humanities. This major reference collection, Media Audiences, brings together a range of theoretical, methodological and thematically diverse articles and chapters that comprehensively map the most important kinds of work and ideas in international audience studies.
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Contributor Bio(s): Gunter, Barrie: - My main research interests include media violence, the impact of broadcast news, effects of television on public opinion, the effects of advertising on young people, the use and impact of new interactive media. I have also conducted research on a wide range of other media, marketing and management issues. My recent research has centred on the use and impact of new media (in particular the Internet and digital interactive television). I am particularly interested in the use of the web as an information source and in the impact of Internet-related behaviour on use of other media, especially television. I have continued to conduct research and to write about the influence of television advertising, among children and adults. Much of this recent work has focused on alcohol advertising and young people's drinking. In addition, with two colleagues in my department, I recently conducted research for the Food Standards Agency on the nature of formula product advertising targeted at young mothers. I have also been involved in research from the British Library with colleagues at University College London on the use of online tools for information search in the context of higher education.Machin, David: - David Machin is Lecturer in the Department of Media and Communication at the University of Leicester. He is co-editor of the journal Social Semiotics and has written five other books, including Introduction to Multimodal Analysis (Hodder, 2007), and News Production (Routledge, 2006), as well as co-editing the Media Audiences major work with Barrie Gunter. |