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| - | '''Media Studies''' is the [[academic study]] of the constitution and effects of media. Media studies employ theories and methods from a number of fields which include [[political economy]], [[communication]], [[sociology]], [[social theory]], [[literary theory]], [[Media influence]], [[film theory|film/video studies]], [[cultural anthropology]], [[cultural studies]], [[philosophy]], [[museum studies]], [[art history]]/[[art criticism|criticism]], [[information theory]], and [[economics]]. | + | ''' Media studies''' is a [[discipline (academia)|discipline]] and field of study that deals with the content, history, and effects of various [[media (communication)|media]]; in particular, the [[mass media]]. Media Studies may draw on traditions from both the social sciences and the humanities, but mostly from its core disciplines of [[mass communication]], [[communication]], [[communication sciences]], and [[communication studies]]. |
| - | Accordingly Media Studies, a comparably young academic field, differ in the extent to which Media itself are thematic and to what extent a unified definition of Media is attempted. | + | Researchers may also develop and employ theories and methods from disciplines including [[cultural studies]], [[rhetoric]], [[philosophy]], [[literary theory]], [[psychology]], [[political science]], [[political economy]], [[economics]], [[sociology]], [[anthropology]], [[social theory]], [[art history]] and [[art criticism|criticism]], [[film theory]], and [[information theory]]. |
| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | *[[Anthropology of media]] | ||
| + | * [[Bread and circuses]] | ||
| + | *[[Harold Innis|Innis]]'s [[time- and space-bias]] | ||
| + | *[[Journalism]] | ||
| + | *[[Market for loyalties theory]] | ||
| + | *[[Mass media]] | ||
| + | *[[Mass communication]] | ||
| + | *[[Marshall McLuhan|McLuhan]]'s [[tetrad of media effects]] | ||
| + | *[[Media culture]] | ||
| + | *[[Media echo chamber]] | ||
| + | *[[Media ecology]] | ||
| + | * [[Media criticism]] | ||
| + | *[[Media literacy]] | ||
| + | *[[Media psychology]] | ||
| + | *[[Media-system dependency]] | ||
| + | *[[Mediatization (media)]] | ||
| + | *[[Narcotizing dysfunction]] | ||
| + | *[[Social aspects of television]] | ||
| + | *[[Sociology]] | ||
| + | *[[The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere]] | ||
| + | *[[Transparency (humanities)]] | ||
| + | *[[Uses and gratifications theory]] | ||
| + | == Reading == | ||
| + | * ''[[One-Dimensional Man]]'' by Herbert Marcuse | ||
| + | * ''[[Manufacturing Consent]]'' by Noam Chomsky | ||
| + | * "[[Is Google Making Us Stupid?]]" | ||
| + | * ''[[Amusing Ourselves to Death]]'' by Neil Postman | ||
| - | Media Studies in the tradition of empirical sciences like [[communication studies]], [[sociology]] and [[economics]] generally focus on [[mass media]], their political, social, economic and cultural role and impact in creating and distributing content to media audiences. | ||
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| - | Media Studies in the tradition of humanities like [[literary theory]], [[film theory|film/video studies]], [[cultural studies]] and [[philosophy]] focus on the constitution of media and question in how far they shape what is regarded as knowledge and as communicable. | ||
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| - | == See also == | ||
| - | *[[Fourth wall]] | ||
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Media studies is a discipline and field of study that deals with the content, history, and effects of various media; in particular, the mass media. Media Studies may draw on traditions from both the social sciences and the humanities, but mostly from its core disciplines of mass communication, communication, communication sciences, and communication studies.
Researchers may also develop and employ theories and methods from disciplines including cultural studies, rhetoric, philosophy, literary theory, psychology, political science, political economy, economics, sociology, anthropology, social theory, art history and criticism, film theory, and information theory.
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See also
- Anthropology of media
- Bread and circuses
- Innis's time- and space-bias
- Journalism
- Market for loyalties theory
- Mass media
- Mass communication
- McLuhan's tetrad of media effects
- Media culture
- Media echo chamber
- Media ecology
- Media criticism
- Media literacy
- Media psychology
- Media-system dependency
- Mediatization (media)
- Narcotizing dysfunction
- Social aspects of television
- Sociology
- The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere
- Transparency (humanities)
- Uses and gratifications theory
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Reading
- One-Dimensional Man by Herbert Marcuse
- Manufacturing Consent by Noam Chomsky
- "Is Google Making Us Stupid?"
- Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman
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