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Gender, race, and class in media : a critical reader /

Title By: Dines, Gail [Editor.] | Humez, Jean McMahon, 1944- [Editor.]
Material type: BookPublisher: Los Angeles : SAGE, 2015.Edition: 4th ed.Description: xiv, 761 p. ; 26 cm.ISBN: 9781452259062Subject(s): Mass media and culture -- United States | Mass media and sex -- United States | Mass media and race relations -- United States | Social classes in mass media | Mass media -- Social aspects -- United States | Popular culture -- United StatesDDC classification: 302.23/0973 Online resources: Location Map
Summary:
This provocative new edition of Gender, Race, and Class in Media engages students with a comprehensive introduction to mass media studies. Editors Gail Dines and Jean M. Humez present new and classic readings that critically analyze some of the most pervasive and influential forms of media entertainment culture, includingnbsp; advertising, reality tvnbsp; shows,nbsp; sitcoms and dramatic series, pornography, fan and celebrity gossip websites, videogames and online social media and virtual reality enterprises. Issues of power related to gender, race,nbsp; class and sexuality are integrated into a wide range of compelling articles examining the economic and cultural implications of mass media as institutions,nbsp; such as the political economy of media production, textual analysis, and media consumption, including current questions raised by fan participation in production and distribution.
Designed to engage students in critical, mass media scholarship, this book includes issues of power that is related to gender, race, and class are integrated into a range of articles examining the economic and cultural implications of mass media as institutions, including the political economy of media production, and media consumption.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

This provocative new edition of Gender, Race, and Class in Media engages students with a comprehensive introduction to mass media studies. Editors Gail Dines and Jean M. Humez present new and classic readings that critically analyze some of the most pervasive and influential forms of media entertainment culture, includingnbsp; advertising, reality tvnbsp; shows,nbsp; sitcoms and dramatic series, pornography, fan and celebrity gossip websites, videogames and online social media and virtual reality enterprises. Issues of power related to gender, race,nbsp; class and sexuality are integrated into a wide range of compelling articles examining the economic and cultural implications of mass media as institutions,nbsp; such as the political economy of media production, textual analysis, and media consumption, including current questions raised by fan participation in production and distribution.

Designed to engage students in critical, mass media scholarship, this book includes issues of power that is related to gender, race, and class are integrated into a range of articles examining the economic and cultural implications of mass media as institutions, including the political economy of media production, and media consumption.

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