Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. INTRODUCTION vii
4. PART I Understanding Media and Culture
5. 1 WHAT ARE THE MEDIA? WHAT IS MEDIA STUDIES? 3
6. 2 WHAT IS CULTURE? WHAT IS CULTURAL STUDIES? 21
7. PART II Topics, Themes and Debates in Media and Cultural Studies
8. 3 TEXTS AND SIGNS IN MEDIA AND CULTURE 41
9. 4 CULTURAL IDENTITIES AND MEDIA REPRESENTATIONS 50
10. 5 GENRES: TELEVISION AND FILM 60
11. 6 AUDIENCES IN MEDIA AND CULTURAL STUDIES 69
12. 7 POPULAR CULTURES 79
13. 8 PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION OF MEDIA AND CULTURE 90
14. 9 SUBCULTURES 99
15. 10 MEDIA: METHODS OF ANALYSIS 108
16. 11 THEORIES OF CULTURAL ANALYSIS 121
17. PART III Study Skills
18. 12 WEEK ONE, SEMESTER I, LEVEL I 135
19. 13 READING, WRITING AND ESSAYS 145
20. 14 COMMON ERRORS IN WRITING AND PRESENTING 159
21. 15 EXAMINATIONS 164
22. 16 SEMINARS AND GROUP WORK 174
23. 17 DISSERTATIONS, RESEARCH PROJECTS AND PRODUCTIONS 178
24. 18 MEDIA PRODUCTION COURSES 189
25. 19 EMPLOYABILITY AND PROGRESS FILES 195
26. BIBLIOGRAPHY AND RECOMMENDED READING 201
27. INDEX 204