Canonic Texts in Media Research: Are There Any? Should There Be? How About These?

Elihu Katz (Editor), John Durham Peters (Editor), Tamar Liebes (Editor), Avril Orloff (Editor)

ISBN: 978-0-7456-2934-6

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280 pages

December 2002, Polity

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To mark the 50th birthday of media studies, Katz et al have carefully selected the key texts which define media studies as a discipline.

Each of the 13 essays in the book presents a critical reading of one of the classics of media studies and debates its candidacy for the 'canon'.

The texts are analyzed and re-examined for their contemporary relevance and are grouped together in schools (Chicago, Columbia, Frankfurt, Toronto, British Cultural Studies) to highlight the different perspectives that characterize the field.

Definitive texts make it an excellent teaching tool for advanced students in media and cultural studies.