Media and Society: An Introduction

The second edition is significantly updated and expanded to include new sections on interactive media technologies and culture jamming and a new semiotic model essay alongside new illustrations. To further clarify theoretical concepts many new references to contemporary media texts - from 11 September to "Big Brother", from "Legally Blonde" to "boat people"--Are included alongside quotations from media critics. The book focuses on issues of gender, race, identity and the family, using a personal, interactive approach to learning that is designed to encourage readers to develop their own views of the "media-world" in which they live.