Media Studies

This is a short book about the most prominent sign of our times. The simple # sign is now used so widely that it is easy to overlook the fundamental effects it has had in the structuring of public de …

Never before have comics seemed so popular or diversified, proliferating across a broad spectrum of genres, experimenting with a variety of techniques, and gaining recognition as a legitimate, rich f …

Geomedia offers critical analysis of the new possibilities and power relations emerging in the public space of contemporary cities. As ubiquitous digital networks enable embedded and mobile devices t …

Expressionism and Film, originally published in German in 1926, is not only a classic of film history, but also an important work from the early phase of modern media history. Written with analytical …

2022 Honorable Mention Recipient of the Charles Hatfield Book Prize from the Comics Studies Society Steve Ditko (1927–2018) is one of the most important contributors to American comic books. As the c …

This book looks at the representation of female characters in French comics from their first appearance in 1905. Organised into three sections, the book looks at the representation of women as m …

When we talk about media and the economy, ’the economy’ is usually understood as the macro economy or GDP, while ’the media’ usually refers to television and print news, or the digital output of main …

Blockheads, Beagles, and Sweet Babboos: New Perspectives on Charles M. Schulz’s ’Peanuts’ sheds new light on the past importance, ongoing significance, and future relevance of a comics series that mi …

Post-World War II America has often been mythologized by successive generations as an exceptional period of prosperity and comfort. At a time when the Cold War was understood to be a battle of ideas …

Walter Benjamin (1892-1940), one of the most original and perceptive thinkers of the twentieth century, offered a unique insight into the profound impact of the media on modern society. Jaeho Kang’s …