Deborah Chambers draws on the metaphor of friendship as a strategy for exploring contemporary changes in informal social ties. She traces the shift from fixed and permanent ties of family, neighbourhood and community to fluid and transient ties typified by computer mediated communication.
Deborah Chambers draws on the metaphor of friendship as a strategy for exploring contemporary changes in informal social ties. She traces the shift fr...
Women and Journalism offers a rich and comprehensive analysis of the roles, status and experiences of women journalists in the United States and Britain.
Drawing on a variety of sources and dealing with a host of women journalists ranging from nineteenth century pioneers to Martha Gellhorn, Kate Adie and Veronica Guerin, the authors investigate the challenges women have faced in their struggle to establish reputations as professionals.
This book provides an account of the gendered structuring of journalism in print, radio and television and speculates about women's...
Women and Journalism offers a rich and comprehensive analysis of the roles, status and experiences of women journalists in the United Stat...
Women and Journalism offers a rich and comprehensive analysis of the roles, status and experiences of women journalists in the United States and Britain. Drawing on a variety of sources and dealing with a host of women journalists ranging from nineteenth century pioneers to Martha Gellhorn, Kate Adie and Veronica Guerin, the authors investigate the challenges women have faced in their struggle to establish reputations as professionals. The book provides an account of the gendered structuring of journalism in print, radio and television and speculates about women's still-emerging role in...
Women and Journalism offers a rich and comprehensive analysis of the roles, status and experiences of women journalists in the United States and Brita...
This is a tour de force... It combines luminous discussion of the core conceptual issues of cultural studies, with a hard-headed, practical sense of how research in the field gets done. The result is a seriously smart, comprehensive survey of the whole terrain of cultural studies itself. This is a book on methods which readers will be able to make their own; and which -- uniquely in the genre -- will keep them buzzing' -
Bill Schwarz, Queen Mary University of London
'The Practice of Cultural Studies is an original introduction...
This is a tour de force... It combines luminous discussion of the core conceptual issues of cultural studies, with a hard-headed, practical sen...
This is a tour de force... It combines luminous discussion of the core conceptual issues of cultural studies, with a hard-headed, practical sense of how research in the field gets done. The result is a seriously smart, comprehensive survey of the whole terrain of cultural studies itself. This is a book on methods which readers will be able to make their own; and which -- uniquely in the genre -- will keep them buzzing' -
Bill Schwarz, Queen Mary University of London
'The Practice of Cultural Studies is an original introduction...
This is a tour de force... It combines luminous discussion of the core conceptual issues of cultural studies, with a hard-headed, practical sen...
Looking at how the family is represented by the media, and by scrutinizing the manner in which it is regulated, this book uncovers the ways in which academic research and welfare policy have colluded with political rhetoric and the popular media to re-invent a mythical ideal family.
Looking at how the family is represented by the media, and by scrutinizing the manner in which it is regulated, this book uncovers the ways in which a...
Looking at how the family is represented by the media, and by scrutinizing the manner in which it is regulated, this book uncovers the ways in which academic research and welfare policy have colluded with political rhetoric and the popular media to re-invent a mythical ideal family.
Looking at how the family is represented by the media, and by scrutinizing the manner in which it is regulated, this book uncovers the ways in which a...
Media technologies have played a central role in shaping ideas about home life over the last two centuries. "Changing Media, Homes and Households" explores the complex relationship between home, householders, families and media technologies by charting the evolution of the media-rich home, from the early twentieth century to the present.
Moving beyond a narrow focus on media texts, production and audiences, Deborah Chambers investigates the physical presence of media objects in the home and their symbolic importance for home life. The book identifies the role of home-based media in...
Media technologies have played a central role in shaping ideas about home life over the last two centuries. "Changing Media, Homes and Households" ...
Media technologies have played a central role in shaping ideas about home life over the last two centuries. "Changing Media, Homes and Households" explores the complex relationship between home, householders, families and media technologies by charting the evolution of the media-rich home, from the early twentieth century to the present.
Moving beyond a narrow focus on media texts, production and audiences, Deborah Chambers investigates the physical presence of media objects in the home and their symbolic importance for home life. The book identifies the role of home-based media in...
Media technologies have played a central role in shaping ideas about home life over the last two centuries. "Changing Media, Homes and Households" ...
