Book Review: Why study the media ?

Philip Graham

doi:10.1080/713767004Z

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Book Review: Why study the media ?

Philip Graham

Information, Communication and Society, Vol.4(1), pp.137-139

2001

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/713767004Z

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Library and Information Studies

Communication and Media Studies

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Silverstone's Why Study the Media? (hereafter WSM) is a difficult book to review, especially in such a short space. The content spans millennia of theoretical, analytical and historical perspectives on our media, but is none the less entirely contemporary and relevant in its focus. Silverstone's perspective is at times elusive because the book sets out, successfully I think, to answer the question posed in the title. But it does so by raising major questions in media studies, important questions, in a way that does not imply quick and easy answers.

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Title: Book Review: Why study the media ?
Authors: Philip Graham (Author) - University of Queensland
Publication details: Information, Communication and Society, Vol.4(1), pp.137-139
Publisher: Routledge
Date published: 2001
DOI: 10.1080/713767004Z
ISSN: 1369-118X
Copyright note: Copyright © 2001. This is an Author's Accepted Manuscript of an article published in Information, Communication and Society, 2001, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/713767004Z
Organisation Unit: Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic); University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Creative Industries - Legacy
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99451017202621
Output Type: Review

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