Understanding the Media
- Eoin Devereux - University of Limerick, Ireland
- Chindu Sreedharan, Bournemouth University
"Has expanded the possibilities of what a textbook can be. Incisive questions framed through accessible and detailed examples provide a platform for a wealth of different activities that engage readers in the critical study of media."
- Dr Daniel Ashton, Bath Spa University
"Accessibly written and very well-structured, the book will be one of those you go back to time and time again throughout your studies. In addition it also offers that much-needed, little-found extra in a textbook: critical engagement with media and society. A joy for those of us teaching the subject.
- Joke Hermes, University of Amsterdam
How much of our media experience is shaped by the profit motive of media conglomerates? How much freedom and power do we have as members of an increasingly fragmented media audience? How do the media influence what we understand about friendship, globalization and even our own selves?
This book teaches students how to ask critical questions of the media, and gives them the analytical tools to answer those questions. By gaining a rich understanding of how the media play a role in society, both in giving pleasures and creating power relationships, students are encouraged to become critical thinkers. Understanding the Media:
- Teaches the theoretical foundations and key concepts students need to get started on their own media studies
- Brings concepts to life with examples and case studies on everything from Harry Potter and Big Brother to the Occupy movement
- Shows the ‘how to’ with guided exercises and improves essay writing with a guide to the research literature
- Helps students take learning further with guided free online readings
Companion Website now available! Visit www.sagepub.co.uk/devereux3e for a range of student and lecturer resources.
Devereux’s third edition of Understanding the Media has expanded the possibilities of what a textbook can be. Incisive questions framed through accessible and detailed examples provide a platform for a wealth of different activities that engage readers in the critical study of media.
This is a lucid and lively introduction to key concepts and developments in media and media studies. The new edition, with updated case studies and a good range of online reading, is a valuable resource for both students and lecturers.
Understanding the Media is carefully aimed at a new generation of media students. Accessibly written and very well-structured, the book will be one of those you go back to time and time again throughout your studies. In addition it also offers that much-needed, little-found extra in a textbook: critical engagement with media and society. A joy for those of us teaching the subject.
Fascinating and up-to-date text with hands on examples for students.
This is easily the best textbook of its kind, Apart from dealing thoroughly with the subject matter, the author's own research competence shines through. It positions better students for solid research in the field of mass communications.
The book is rich with conceptual underpinnings and interesting examples. It is accessible and critical, suitable for students in media studies, cultural studies and sociology.
The book has a critical approach that I would like to see in textbooks. Especially in the last chapter it encourages the readers to think and engage in analysis and producing articles.
Very helpfull to enlighten students on how media - indeed- work.
A very strong title which offers a broad, global scope that many texts of this kind are sorely lacking.
As a general media reader there is of value as a generalist text for those interested in the crime dimension of the media
