Containing new thinking and original surveys, Media & Cultural Theorybrings together leading international scholars to address key issues and debates within media and cultural studies. Through the use of contemporary media and film texts such asBridget Jones' DiaryandThe Lord of the Ringstrilogy, and using case studies of the USA and the UK after September 11th, James Curran and David Morley examine central topics including:media representations of the new woman in contemporary societythe creation of self in lifestyle mediathe nature of globalizationthe rise of digital actors and media. Ideal as a course reader, with each essay covering a different major area or advance in original research, Media & Cultural Theoryis global in its reach. Through its engagement with broad questions, it is an invaluable book that can be applied to the studies of media and cultural studies students the English-speaking world over. | Media And Cultural Theory by James Curran, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters