Making Sense of Media

<i>Making Sense of Media</i> is a lively and accessible text that helps readers understand mass media and the texts they carry. Designed expressly for those interested in gaining a solid understanding of the media and how they work, it is an indispensable book. <br /> <ul> <li>Offers a lively, accessible, and concise textbook to help readers understand mass media and their texts</li> <li>Covers seminal figures, concepts and scholarship in mass media studies, including Vladimir Propp, Mikhail Bakhtin, Raymond Williams, Fredric Jameson, and Stuart Hall</li> <li>Explores the ideas found in nineteen significant books that will provide useful insights and concepts for anyone interested in the study of the media</li> <li>Features chapter-by-chapter short articles by the author, that address an idea or theory in the particular book being discussed</li> <li>Includes charts, boxes features, exercises, and illustrations to round out analyses and engage the beginning student</li> </ul>