Media Theory: Classic and Contemporary
Introduction to some of the classic theory and new trends in the study of media with special focus on the political-economy of media and theories of audience reception.
Reading examples:
- McLuhan, Marshall. 1964. The Medium is the Message. In Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man. New American Library. **UBC Library**
- Herman, Edward S., and Noam Chomsky. 2002. Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media. New Introduction. Pantheon.
- Durham, Meenakshi Gigi, and Douglas Kellner, eds. 2006. Media and Cultural Studies: Keyworks. Revised. Wiley-Blackwell. **Google Books Link**
- Anderson, Benedict. 2006. Imagined Communities. Verso.
- Siapera, Eugenia. 2010. Cultural Diversity and Global Media: The Mediation of Difference. West Sussex: Wiley Blackwell. Chapters 8 and 9. **Google Books Link**
- Bob King’s Media Studies: a field guide Marshall McLuhan page
- Gurevitch, Michael, Tony Bennett, James Curran, and Janet Wollacott, eds. 2006. Culture, Society, and the Media. Routledge. **UBC Library**
- Fornäs, Johan. 2008. Bridging Gaps: Ten Crosscurrents in Media Studies. Media, Culture & Society 30, no. 6: 895–905. **UBC Library**
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