Why Study the Media? [1 ed.] 9781446264126, 9780761964537

Written as a manifesto and in order to set a new intellectual agenda, Why Study the Media? argues for the importance of

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Why Study the Media? [1 ed.]
9781446264126, 9780761964537

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For almost a century and a half, biologists have gone to the seashore to study life. The oceans contain rich biodiversit

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The study of the Middle Ages in every aspect of the modern liberal arts—the humanities, STEM, and the social sciences—ha

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From TV bulletins to social media newsfeeds, the media plays a massive role in shaping the world as we see it. In fact,

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As recently as the early 1970s, the news media was one of the most respected institutions in the United States. Yet by t

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Considering studying geography at university? Wondering whether a geography degree will get you a good job, and what you

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Alex Preda provides an ethnographic exploration of how financial expertise is performed and produced in the media, analy

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The old saying about being condemned to repeat the history we don’t know applies to Church history as much as to anythin

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It is a view commonly acknowledged that the mass media have a crucial role to play in the development and maintenance of

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