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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The aesthetics of violence in contemporary media The aesthetics of violence in contemporary media Gwyn Symonds "The topic of violence in the media has been very widely covered. Countless studies and research projects have been conducted, most of which argue its negative effects on society. Gwyn Symonds takes … OL11962524W
National performance National performance Erin Hurley In National Performance, Erin Hurley examines the complex relationship between performance and national identity. How do theatrical performances represent the nation in which they were created? How i… OL15978953W
Media consumption and everyday life in Asia Media consumption and everyday life in Asia Youna Kim "Media Consumption and Everyday Life in Asia considers the emerging consequences of media consumption in people's everyday life at a time when the political, socio-economic, and cultural forces by wh… OL16973965W
YouTube YouTube Jean Burgess "YouTube is one of the most well-known and widely discussed sites of participatory media in the contemporary online environment, and it is the first genuinely mass-popular platform for user-created v… OL18596980W
Parasocial politics Parasocial politics Jason Zenor Explores how consumers form complex relationships with media texts and characters, and how these readings exist in the nexus between real and fictional worlds. This collection of empirical studies us… OL20001042W
The marketplace of attention The marketplace of attention James G. Webster Feature films, television shows, homemade videos, tweets, blogs, and breaking news: digital media offer an always-accessible, apparently inexhaustible supply of entertainment and information. Althoug… OL20041664W
Creating Worlds Creating Worlds Jason Warren xv, 172 pages : 21 cm OL21606526W
Media witnessing Media witnessing Paul Frosh "Do mass media turn us all into witnesses, and what might this mean? From the Holocaust to 9/11, modern communications systems have incessantly exposed us to reports of far-flung and often horrifying… OL6030179W