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Author: Jennifer Holt (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA) ,
Kevin Sanson (Univeristy of California, Santa Barbara, USA)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.30cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.380kg
ISBN: 9780415813600
ISBN 10: 0415813603
Pages: 266
Publication Date: 14 December 2013
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Tertiary & Higher Education
,
Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
What counts as media entertainment-the modes of accessing it, the cultural routines around it, and the new ways to profit from it-is fast outstripping our critical frames of reference. The exhilarating challenge to throw an explanatory net over this refractory field has been taken up with relish by Connected Viewing. -Stuart Cunningham, Queensland University of Technology
What counts as media entertainment-the modes of accessing it, the cultural routines around it, and the new ways to profit from it-is fast outstripping our critical frames of reference. The exhilarating challenge to throw an explanatory net over this refractory field has been taken up with relish by Connected Viewing. -Stuart Cunningham, Queensland University of Technology Jennifer Holt and Kevin Sanson provide a compelling and wide-ranging examination of the contemporary media environment that presents issues ripe for new types of research, while also giving scholars, students, and industry executives alike a multifaceted understanding of how-and why-people participate in viewing and sharing activities the way they do. -Sam Ford, co-author of Spreadable Media
The book pitches itself as an introductory text for use in courses dealing with contemporary media studies and as such is a strong work. This makes it an excellent snapshot of the world of media technologies from 2010 to 2013. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals/practitioners. -P. L. Kantor, formerly, Southern Vermont College, in CHOICE What counts as media entertainment-the modes of accessing it, the cultural routines around it, and the new ways to profit from it-is fast outstripping our critical frames of reference. The exhilarating challenge to throw an explanatory net over this refractory field has been taken up with relish by Connected Viewing. -Stuart Cunningham, Queensland University of Technology Jennifer Holt and Kevin Sanson provide a compelling and wide-ranging examination of the contemporary media environment that presents issues ripe for new types of research, while also giving scholars, students, and industry executives alike a multifaceted understanding of how-and why-people participate in viewing and sharing activities the way they do. -Sam Ford, co-author of Spreadable Media
The book pitches itself as an introductory text for use in courses dealing with contemporary media studies and as such is a strong work. This makes it an excellent snapshot of the world of media technologies from 2010 to 2013. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals/practitioners. -P. L. Kantor, formerly, Southern Vermont College, in CHOICE What counts as media entertainment-the modes of accessing it, the cultural routines around it, and the new ways to profit from it-is fast outstripping our critical frames of reference. The exhilarating challenge to throw an explanatory net over this refractory field has been taken up with relish by Connected Viewing. -Stuart Cunningham, Queensland University of Technology Jennifer Holt and Kevin Sanson provide a compelling and wide-ranging examination of the contemporary media environment that presents issues ripe for new types of research, while also giving scholars, students, and industry executives alike a multifaceted understanding of how-and why-people participate in viewing and sharing activities the way they do. -Sam Ford, co-author of Spreadable Media
Author Information
Jennifer Holt is Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Kevin Sanson is Research Director of the Carsey-Wolf Center’s Media Industries Project at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
