More Details

Table of Contents:

• The Craft of Criticism- Front Cover; The Craft of Criticism; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Introduction, or How to Cook an Artichoke; Part I: Primary Methods; Chapter 1: Ideology; Intellectual History of the Concept; Method and Major Terminology; Conclusion; Notes; Further Reading; Chapter 2: Discourse; Overview; History and Intellectual Context; Elaborating Discourse Analysis; Method and Major Terminology; Conclusion; Acknowledgment; Notes; Further Reading; Chapter 3: Narrative; Intellectual History; Major Modes and Concepts
• Case Study: Veronica Mars's Pilot in Slow-MotionNotes; Further Reading; Chapter 4: Non-Fiction Media; Documentary Studies; Major Modes of Documentary Studies; Journalism Studies; Reality Television Studies; Case Study: Documentary and Video Activism; Conclusion; Notes; Further Reading; Chapter 5: Visual Style; Interpreting Style; Historicizing Style; Historicizing the Study of Style (Stylistics); A Case Study of Stylistic Analysis; Conclusion: Whither Style in the Age of Streaming Video?; Notes; Further Reading; Chapter 6: Sound; Sound Among the Senses; Sonic Spaces; Record Machines
• Listening Publics and Talking BodiesThe Sound of Music / The Music of Sound; Case Study: Tearing Speech to Pieces; Conclusion; Notes; Further Reading; Chapter 7: Acting and Performance; Screen Performance: Misconceptions and Reassessments; Analyzing Screen Performance: Terms and Concepts; Analyzing Postmodern Performances; Case Study: Considering Postmodern Performances from a Global Perspective; Conclusion; Notes; Further Reading; Chapter 8: Representation; A Brief History of the Study of Representation; Reading Representation: Concepts and Terms for Your Critical Tool Box
• A Case Study in Interpreting Representation: Macha LatinasRepresentation as Critical Focus: Final Thoughts; Notes; Further Reading; Chapter 9: Authorship and Auteurism; Who Is an Author?; What Is an "Auteur"?; The Literary Author; The Author, Diffused; The (New) Media Author; The Legal Author; Case Study: The Actor, the Author, and the Animal; Conclusion; Notes; Further Reading; Chapter 10: Political Economy; Overview; Intellectual History of Political Economy; International Political Economy of Intellectual Property Rights; Case Study: Pirate Politics in the European Information Society
• ConclusionNotes; Further Reading; Chapter 11: Media Policy; Overview; Intellectual History of the Concept; Major Modes and Terminology; Methods; Challenges; Case Study: Radio, Disability, and Media Policy; Conclusion; Notes; Further Reading; Chapter 12: Psychoanalytic Criticism; Overview of Psychoanalytic Theory; The History of Psychoanalytic Film Theory; Major Modes of Psychoanalytic Theory; Case Study: Lost in Translation; Future Directions; Notes; Further Reading; Chapter 13: Cognitivism; Intellectual History; Major Modes and Concepts

Contributors:

Kackman, Michael

Kearney, Mary Celeste, 1962-

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Other Related Resources:

Print version: The Craft of Criticism : Critical Media Studies in Practice [by Kearney, M.C.] (Florence : Routledge,c2018 — ISBN 9780415716291)

Subjects:

Mass media — Research — Methodology

Mass media — Philosophy

Mass media

General Notes:

Case Study: Long-Running Gags in Serial Television Comedy
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based upon print version of record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (371 pages)

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

P91.3 C734 2018eb

ISBNs:

9781134749164 (electronic bk.)
1134749163 (electronic bk.)

OCLC Numbers:

1042318732