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Media, Institutions and Audiences

Key Concepts in Media Studies

Authors:

  1. Nick Lacey
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  • Brisk, down-to-earth and accessible overview of an essential area of media studies
    Lively presentation, well broken up into bite-sized chunks, and peppered with pertinent examples, questions, etc.

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    • Nick Lacey
    Pages 1-5

  3. The Media Business

    • Nick Lacey
    Pages 6-34

  4. Regulation and Censorship

    • Nick Lacey
    Pages 35-64

  5. Media Texts as Commodities

    • Nick Lacey
    Pages 65-91

  6. Marketing and Public Relations

    • Nick Lacey
    Pages 92-119

  7. The Independent and the Alternative

    • Nick Lacey
    Pages 120-143

  8. Approaches to Audiences

    • Nick Lacey
    Pages 144-179

  9. Defining and Persuading Audiences

    • Nick Lacey
    Pages 180-205

  10. Audience as Citizens

    • Nick Lacey
    Pages 206-222

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 223-235
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About this book

Media Institutions and Audiences completes Nick Lacey's trilogy of self-standing texts that give an in-depth introduction to the key concepts of Media Studies at an advanced and university level. The book delivers a range of theories and contemporary case studies in its coverage of media business and the influence of regulation and censorship. The issues surrounding the growing commodification of media texts, and the increasing influence of marketing and public relations, are considered. The major approaches to understanding audiences are also investigated.
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About the author

After graduating in film and literature from Warwick University, NICK LACEY worked in a variety of media institutions including Times Newspapers, EMAP and Yorkshire Television. He has been teaching media studies since 1991 and is currently Head of Media Studies at Benton Park School in West Yorkshire.
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Media, Institutions and Audiences

  • Book Subtitle: Key Concepts in Media Studies

  • Authors: Nick Lacey

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4039-9046-4

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Business & Management Collection, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2002

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 235

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: Media Studies

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