The concept of news values – the basic principles journalists use to guide their decisions about what constitutes “news” – has been a staple of
Another set of free resources to complement the Sociology in Focus For A2 textbook, this batch relates to the Mass Media option: Overview Map: An
Understanding Media and Culture: An Introduction to Mass Communication (to give it its full title) is a textbook, released under a Creative Commons licence by
Back by popular demand and with a brand-spanking new set of Tables covering media, methods and education. Each Unit is by a different author and
This approach addresses the theoretical weaknesses of traditional Marxism by explaining media representations in terms of ruling class cohesion. The role of the media is
While the focus for all kinds of feminism is on how and why media representations contribute to female inequality, different approaches produce different forms of
Pluralist explanations recognise a variety of different media representations of categories such as gender. They also emphasise the importance of the role of the audience
While Marxist and Feminist perspectives generally discuss media representations in terms of how and why they misrepresent particular groups, Baudrillard (1995) argues representations shouldn’t be
This short series of blog posts looks at various dimensions of new media, beginning with a broad overview of some key distinquishing features: As Socha
The development of new media has led to a general debate about the implications of changing technologies and their impact on economic, political and cultural