Normal view
MARC view
Media audiences / edited by Marie Gillespie.
Series: Understanding mediaPublication details: Maidenhead, England ; New York, NY : Open University Press, 2005.Description: 250 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0335218822 (pbk.):
- 0335218830 (hbk.)
- 9780335218820 (pbk.)
- P96.A83 M425 2005
Contents:
Summary: "This book offers an engaging and accessible introduction to key debates in audience studies, drawing on a range of historical, contemporary and cross-cultural case studies." "Case studies range from the sensational experiences of early twentieth-century film audiences to the practices of reality TV viewers, from the devotional viewing of Hindu epics in India to the politics of interpreting news among families in Israel."--BOOK JACKET
Introduction/ Marie Gillespie -- Ch 1. Media audiences, interpreters and users/ Sonia Livingstone -- Ch 2. The media sensorium: cultural technologies, the senses and society/ Tony Bennett -- Ch 3. Media publics, culture and democracy/ David Herbert -- Ch 5. The extended audience: scanning the horizon/ Nick Couldry -- Conclusion/ Marie Gillespie.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
"This book offers an engaging and accessible introduction to key debates in audience studies, drawing on a range of historical, contemporary and cross-cultural case studies." "Case studies range from the sensational experiences of early twentieth-century film audiences to the practices of reality TV viewers, from the devotional viewing of Hindu epics in India to the politics of interpreting news among families in Israel."--BOOK JACKET
Introduction/ Marie Gillespie -- Ch 1. Media audiences, interpreters and users/ Sonia Livingstone -- Ch 2. The media sensorium: cultural technologies, the senses and society/ Tony Bennett -- Ch 3. Media publics, culture and democracy/ David Herbert -- Ch 5. The extended audience: scanning the horizon/ Nick Couldry -- Conclusion/ Marie Gillespie.
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