Allen, Robert C. (Ed)
Channels of Discourse Reassembled: Television and Contemporary Criticism
postgraduate, undergraduate level
Routledge: 06 1992
448pp: Illustrations, 51 television stills
Examining commercial television in the light of contemporary culture, literary and cinematic criticism, this book addresses the place of semiotics, narrative theory, reception theory, ideological analysis, psychoanalysis, and others in the critical analysis of television.
Paperback ISBN:0 415 08059 2 £12.99

Alvarado, Manuel & Boyd Barrett, Oliver (Eds)
Media Education: an Introduction
general level
BFI: 1992
464pp 235 x 154
Paperback £17.95 ISBN:0 85170 295 3

Anderson, Patricia
The Printed Image and the Transformation of Popular Culture
1790 1860
undergraduate, professional level
Clarendon Press: 05 1994
222pp 235 x 155: Bibliography
Dewey class: 306.0941
Patricia Anderson advances the argument that an essentially modern mass culture had begun to develop as early as 1840. Between 1790 and 1860 the widening dissemination of print led to the transformation and unprecedented expansion of popular cultural experience; and thus emerged a mass culture.
Paperback ISBN:0 19 818276 7 £13.99

Cashmore, Ellis
...And There Was Television
general undergraduate level
Routledge: 03 1994
288pp 216 x 138: References, index
Dewey class: 302.2345
This book postulates that television is the central apparatus of consumer society and its success is measured not in terms of whether we enjoy programmes, but how much we spend as a result of watching them.
Hardback ISBN:0 415 09130 6 £40.00
Paperback ISBN:0 415 09131 4 £12.99

Corner, John(Ed)
Popular Television in Britain: Studies in Cultural History
general level
BFI: 199191
224pp 230 x 150
Hardback ISBN:0 85170 269 4 £30.00
Paperback ISBN:0 85170 270 8 £12.95

Crisell, Andrew
Understanding Radio
general level
Routledge: 08 1994
256pp
Paperback ISBN: 0 415 10315 0 £9.99

Curran, James & Seaton, Jean
Power Without Responsibility: the Press and Broadcasting in Britain
undergraduate, professional level
Routledge: 1991
400pp 4th edition
Paperback ISBN:0 415 06450 3 £10.99

Davidson, Martin Peter
The Consumerist Manifesto: advertising in Postmodern Times
undergraduate, postgraduate level
Routledge: 07 1992
224pp 216 x 138
Series: Comedia
Examines the advertising process from within the agency. The author shows how advertising has become the idiom for the enterprise culture as the old suspicions against the industry have disappeared.
Paperback ISBN:0 415 04620 3 £12.99

Dyer, Gillian
Advertising as Communication
undergraduate, postgraduate level
Routledge: 1982
224pp
Series: Studies in Communication
Paperback ISBN:0 415 02781 0 £10.99

Eldridge, John(Ed)
Getting The Message: News, Truth and Power
undergraduate, postgraduate level
Routledge: 06 1993
368pp 234 x 156: 10 b&w illustrations
Series: Communication and Society
Examines the relationship between the media and public opinion, the emergence of TV news formats and styles, and the relations between theory and method in media research. The Glasgow Media Group's recent work on the media's role in reporting on AIDS, Vietnam and Northern Ireland is included.
Paperback ISBN:0 415 07984 5 £12.99

Fiske, John
Television Culture
undergraduate, postgraduate level
Routledge: 1987
400pp
Paperback ISBN:0 415 03934 7 £11.99

Fowler, Roger
Language in the News: Discourse and Ideology in the Press
undergraduate, postgraduate level
Routledge: 04 1991
256pp 216 x 138
Newspaper coverage of world events is presented as the unbiased recording of hard facts. In a study of the British press, Roger Fowler challenges this perception, arguing that news is a practice, constructed by the social and political world. Paperback ISBN:0 415 01419 0 £11.99

Goffman, E.
Gender Advertisements
gender level
Macmillan: 1979
96pp
Paperback ISBN: 0 333 23953 9 £10.99

Gurevitch, Michael & Bennett, Tony et al (Eds)
Culture, Society and the Media
undergraduate, postgraduate level
Routledge: 1982
320pp
Paperback ISBN:0 415 02789 6 £12.99

Hartley, John
Understanding News
undergraduate, postgraduate level
Routledge: 1982
224pp
Series: Studies in Communication
Paperback ISBN:0 415 03933 9 £9.99

Hetherington, Alastair
News, Newspapers and Television
undergraduate, professional level
Macmillan Press: 1985
288pp 216 x 138
Paperback ISBN:0 333 38606 X £15.99

Hood, Stuart (Ed)
Behind the Screens: Structure of British Television in the Nineties
Lawrence & Wishart: 07 1994
224pp
Paperback ISBN:0 85315 774 X £12.99

Jhally, Sut
The Codes of Advertising: Fetishism and the Political Economy of Meaning in the Consumer Society
undergraduate, postgraduate level
Routledge: 03 1991
240pp 234 x 156
This work analyses the role played by advertising in the cultural economy of modern society, from both cultural and economic perspectives.
Paperback ISBN:0 415 90353 X £10.99

Livingstone, Sonia M.
Making Sense of Television: the Psychology of Audience Interpretation
undergraduate, professional level
Butterworth Heineman: 08 1995
226pp 234 x 156: Bibliography, index
This text looks at how viewers interpret the programmes that they see. A critical review of relevant literature in psychology, communications and literary criticism is followed by an analysis which seeks to integrate this research, to provide a new perspective on the audience's interpretations.
Paperback ISBN:0 7506 2744 1 £20.23

Lusted, D. (Ed.)
The Media Studies Book: a Guide for Teachers
professional level
Routledge: 09 1990
242pp
Paperback ISBN:0 415 01461 1 £10.99

MacKenzie, John M.
Propaganda and Empire: the Manipulation of British Public Opinion, 1880-1960
undergraduate, professional level
Manchester UP: 06 1985
276pp 240: Illustrations, bibliography, index
Dewey class: 909.0971241081
Paperback ISBN:0 7190 1869 2 £15.99

Masterman, Len (Ed)
Television Mythologies: Stars, Shows and Signs
undergraduate, postgraduate level
Routledge: 1987
144pp
Paperback ISBN:0 415 03700 X £9.99

Morley, David
Family Television: Cultural Power and Domestic Leisure
undergraduate, postgraduate level
Routledge: 1986
192pp 216 x 138
Series: Comedia
Paperback ISBN:0 415 03970 3 £9.99

Negrine, Ralph
Politics and the Mass Media in Britain
undergraduate, postgraduate level
Routledge: 03 1994
288pp 216 x 138: 7 graphs, diagrams
Dewey class: 302.23
This text examines the role of mass communication in politics at all levels: from election campaigns, news reports, and lobbying groups, to the media activities of pressure groups.
Paperback ISBN:0 415 09468 2 £10.99

Snoddy, Raymond
The Good, the Bad and the Unacceptable: the Hard News about the British Press
general level
Faber Paperbacks: 1993 240pp 198 x 129
Are issues such as sex, sensationalism, bias and the invasion of privacy fundamental to journalistic scoops? In this book the author interviews proprietors, journalists and media victims and recounts press cases to discuss issues ranging from chequebook journalism to the Calcutta Committee.
Paperback ISBN:0 571 16841 8 £6.99

Taylor, S.J.
Shock! Horror!: the Tabloids in Action
general level
Bantam Press: 1991
400pp 234 x 156
This is an anecdotal and documentary account of the tabloid press on both sides of the Atlantic. It is based on over 120 interviews with door stepping reporters, paparazzi, gossip and advice columnists, astrologers and two underground reporters who specialize in sexual exposes.
Hardback ISBN:0 593 02106 1 £14.99

Tunstall, Jeremy
Newspaper Power: the New National Press in Britain
undergraduate postgraduate level
Oxford UP: 03 1996
320pp 210 x 130: Bibliography
Based on 200 interviews with senior newspaper reporters and executives, this study examines the fate of Britain's national newspapers in the 1990s. The author makes illuminating comparisons between the Fleet Street of the 1960s and the 1990s, and defines the power and influence of the media.
Hardback ISBN:0 19 871132 8 £35.00
Paperback ISBN:0 19 871133 6 £10.99

Wilby, Pete & Conroy, Andy
The Radio Handbook
undergraduate, postgraduate level
Routledge: 09 1994
320pp 234 x 156: 30 b&w halftones
Dewey class: 791.44
Series: Media Practice
This is a guide to the theory, history and practice of radio broadcasting. It considers the rationale behind radio production; the organization of the radio station and the scope of its technology; and the ways in which the radio text connects with the cultural experience of its listeners.
Paperback ISBN:0 415 09467 4 £13.99

Williamson, J.
Decoding Advertisements
general level
Open Forum: 02 1978
180pp
Paperback ISBN: 0 7145 2615 0 £9.95