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Media Studies


Key Texts:


Bignell, Jonathan (2002) Media Semiotics: An Introduction Manchester: MUP


Hartley, John (2005) Communication, Cultural and Media Studies: The Key Concepts London & New York: Routledge



Long, Paul and Tim Wall (2009) Media Studies: Texts, Production and Context Harlow: Pearson Education



Watson, James (2003) Media Communication: An Introduction to Theory and Process Basingstoke: Macmillan


Additional Reading:

Castells, Manuel (2011) Communication Power Oxford: Oxford University Press


Curran, James and Michael Gurevitch (eds) (2005) Mass Media and Society London: Hodder Arnold



Curran, James and M-J Park (eds) (2000) De-Westernizing Media Studies London: Routledge



Curran and Seaton (2009) Power Without Responsibility: Press, Broadcasting and the Internet in Britain London: Routledge, 9th edition



Fairclough, Norman, (1995) Media Discourse London: Arnold



Fiske, John (1989) Television Culture London: Routledge



Gere, Charlie (2008) Digital Culture London: Reaktion Book



O'Sullivan, Tim, et al. (2003) Studying the Media London: Arnold



Silverstone, Roger (1999) Why Study the Media? London: Sage



Thornham, Sue, Caroline Bassett and Paul Marris (eds) (2009) Media Studies: A Reader Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, third edition


McPhail, Thomas L. (2006) Global Communication Oxford: Blackwell


O'Sullivan, Tim, et al. (2003) Studying the Media London: Arnold


Silverstone, Roger (1999) Why Study the Media? London: Sage