TY - BOOK AU - Valdivia,Angharad N. TI - A companion to media studies T2 - Blackwell companions in cultural studies SN - 1405141743 (m) PY - 2006/// CY - Oxford PB - Blackwell Publishing KW - Mass media N1 - Notes on Contributors.Acknowledgements.Introduction:Foundations:1. Feminist Media Perspectives: Margaret Gallagher (UNESCO).2. New Horizons for Communication Theory in the New Media Age: Denis McQuail (University of Southampton).3. From Modernization to Participation: The Past and Future of Development Communications in Media Studies: Robert Huesca (Trinity University).4. Tensions between popular and alternative music: R.E.M. as an Artist-Intellectual: Robert Sloane (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign).Part II: Production:5. Approaches to Media History: John Nerone (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign).6. Ethical Issues in Media Production: Sharon L. Bracci (University of North Carolina, Greensboro).7. Digital Capitalism: A Status Report on the Corporate Commonwealth of Information: Dan Schiller (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign).8. Media Production: Individuals, Organizations, Institutions: James S. Ettema & D. Charles Whitney (both / Angharad N. Valdivia.Part I N2 - Presents a collection of writings by some of the most respected media studies scholars. This book offers work on feminist media, media history, the future of theory, digital capitalism, power, agency, popular culture, race, and intellectual property, organized into: foundations, production, media content, media audiences, effects, and futures ER -