Media, Culture and Society by Paul Hodkinson

Media, Culture and Society by Paul Hodkinson

′In his beautifully balanced, clear and broad-ranging account of a fast-changing field, Paul Hodkinson has successfully brought together myriad perspectives with which to critically analyse today′s media culture and media society.′- Sonia Livingstone, Professor of Media & Communication, LSE

Paul Hodkinson′s bestseller is back, once again exploring the concepts and complexities of the media in an accessible, balanced and engaging style. Additions to the>Second Edition include:

• A new chapter on advertising and sponsorship
• Extensive revision and updating throughout all chapters
• New material on technologies, censorship, online news, fan cultures and representations of poverty
• Greater emphasis on and examples of digital, interactive and mobile media throughout
• Fully reworked chapter on media, community and difference
• Up-to-date examples covering everything from social media, contemporary advertising, news events and mobile technologies, to representations of class, ethnicity and gender.

Combining a critical survey of the field with a finely judged assessment of cutting-edge developments, this Second Edition cements its reputation as the must-have text for any undergraduate student studying media, culture and society.

′In his beautifully balanced, clear and broad-ranging account of a fast-changing field, Paul Hodkinson has successfully brought together myriad perspectives with which to critically analyse today′s media culture and media society.′- Sonia Livingstone, Professor of Media & Communication, LSE

Paul Hodkinson′s bestseller is back, once again exploring the concepts and complexities of the media in an accessible, balanced and engaging style. Additions to the>Second Edition include:

• A new chapter on advertising and sponsorship
• Extensive revision and updating throughout all chapters
• New material on technologies, censorship, online news, fan cultures and representations of poverty
• Greater emphasis on and examples of digital, interactive and mobile media throughout
• Fully reworked chapter on media, community and difference
• Up-to-date examples covering everything from social media, contemporary advertising, news events and mobile technologies, to representations of class, ethnicity and gender.

Combining a critical survey of the field with a finely judged assessment of cutting-edge developments, this Second Edition cements its reputation as the must-have text for any undergraduate student studying media, culture and society.

This excellent book achieves the impressive task of reviewing a century of scholarship while remaining finely attuned to the latest developments – from TikTok to ChatGPT and beyondA magnificent introduction to media and communication studies that should be a required textbook for anyone engaging with our field.

-- Axel Bruns
In his beautifully balanced and broad-ranging account of a fast-changing field, Paul Hodkinson has successfully brought together myriad perspectives with which to critically analyse today′s media culture and media society, skilfully integrating theory from earlier times with the latest insights and problems. -- Sonia Livingstone

Paul Hodkinson is a sociologist whose work is focused upon youth cultures, online communications and on the relationships between media and cultural identities. He has conducted extensive research on goth subculture and is author of Goth. Identity, Style and Subculture (2002, Oxford: Berg). He is also co-editor of Youth Cultures: Scenes, Subcultures and Tribes (2007, London: Routledge). He is currently researching young people′s use of online communications - notably through social networking sites. He is based in the Department of Sociology at the University of Surrey. He joined the department of sociology in August 2003. He was previously Senior Lecturer in Media Studies at University College Northampton and prior to that, he studied at the University of Birmingham at undergraduate and postgraduate level.

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ISBN 13	9781529796537
ISBN 10	1529796539
Title	Media, Culture and Society
Author	Paul Hodkinson
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Sage Publications Ltd
Year published	2024-04-22
Number of pages	376
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