A2 Communication and Culture: The Essential Introduction

ISBN-13: 9780415471602 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 336 str.

Peter Bennett

Opis

A2 Communication and Culture: The Essential Introduction features over 100 colour images, contemporary case studies and examples. The authors introduce students to the skills of reading communication texts and understanding the link between communication and culture, as well as taking students through the tasks expected of them to pass the AQA exam. The book is supplemented with a website at www.alevelcommculture.co.uk featuring additional activities and resources.

Areas covered include:

• theoretical approaches
• key concepts
• spaces and places
• fictions
• objects of desire
• cultural sites: intersections
• the A2 examination
• communication and culture in practice: A2 coursework
• A2 coursework samples.

Spis treści

Selected Contents: 1. Moving On, Moving Up: From AS to A2  2. Theoretical Approaches  3. Key Concepts   4. Spaces and Places  5. Fictions  6. Objects of Desire  7. Intersections  8. The A2 Exam  9. Communication and culture in practice: A2 coursework  10. A2 Coursework Samples

O autorze

Peter Bennett is Chief Examiner for GCE Communication Studies and currently teaches prospective F.E. teachers in the University of Wolverhampton’s School of Education.  He previously taught Film, English and Communication Studies at Rowley Regis College in The Community. He is the co-author of AS Communication Studies: The Essential Introduction (3rd edition, 2008), Communication Studies the Essential Resource (2003), Film Studies; the Essential Resource (2006), A2 Media Studies: The Essential Introduction (2005) and Channels (English and Media 11-14).   He

Jerry Slater is Principal Examiner and Principal Moderator for GCE Communication and Culture and Senior Examiner for GCE Media Studies. He teaches Film, Media and Communication and Culture at Colchester Sixth Form College and is an Associate Lecturer with the Open University.He is the co-author of AS Communication and Culture: The Essential Introduction (3rd edition, 2008) and A2 Media Studies: The Essential Introduction (2005).