Bringing together a range of core texts into one volume, this
acclaimed anthology offers the definitive resource in culture,
media, and communication.
* A fully revised new edition of the bestselling anthology in
this dynamic and multidisciplinary field
* New contributions include essays from Althusser through to
Henry Jenkins, and a completely new section on Globalization and
Social Movements
* Retains important emphasis on the giant thinkers and
‘makers’ of the field: Gramsci on hegemony; Althusser
on ideology; Horkheimer and Adorno on the culture industry; Raymond
Williams on Marxist cultural theory; Habermas on the public sphere;
Mc Luhan on media; Chomsky on propaganda; hooks and Mulvey on the
subjects of visual pleasure and oppositional gazes
* Features a substantial critical introduction, short section
introductions and full bibliographic citations
About the author
Meenakshi Gigi Durham is Associate Professor of Journalism
and Mass Communication at the University of Iowa. She has published
widely on feminist media studies and related critical approaches,
especially those of race, class, and sexuality.
Douglas M. Kellner is George Kneller Chair in the
Philosophy of Education at UCLA and is the author of many books on
social theory, politics, history, and culture, including
Television and the Crisis of Democracy; The Persian Gulf TV War;
Media Culture; Media Spectacle and September 11,
Terror War, and The Dangers of the Bush Legacy.
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