{"product_id":"9781405127677","title":"The New Media Environment An Introduction","description":"\u003ch1\u003eThe New Media Environment\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eAn Introduction\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAndrea L. Press | Bruce A. Williams\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Media Studies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eMedia Studies\u003c\/i\u003e examines the new and rapidly developing field of media studies to discover what insights it has to offer students and general readers as they negotiate their way through the new - and thoroughly saturated - media environment.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores how recent changes in our media affect the way we watch older media like television, movies, and radio, and offer up rich new interactive media, like video games and the internet\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe perfect introduction to the field of media studies\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChronicles the recent dramatic changes in communication technologies, arguing that most of life itself is now experienced as 'mediated'\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses the development of cable and satellite television, VCRs, DVDs, the internet and personal computers\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEmphasizes the broader political, social, and economic context within which these important new technologies have developed\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cst1:personname w:st=\"on\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrea L. Press\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/st1:personname\u003e is Chair of Media Studies and Professor of Sociology at the \u003cst1:place w:st=\"on\"\u003e\u003cst1:placetype w:st=\"on\"\u003eUniversity\u003c\/st1:placetype\u003e of \u003cst1:placename w:st=\"on\"\u003eVirginia\u003c\/st1:placename\u003e\u003c\/st1:place\u003e. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eWomen Watching Television\u003c\/i\u003e and the co-author (with Elizabeth Cole) of \u003ci\u003eSpeaking of Abortion\u003c\/i\u003e, and has published widely in the area of media reception and feminist theory.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cst1:personname w:st=\"on\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBruce A. Williams\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/st1:personname\u003e is a Professor in the Department of Media Studies at the \u003cst1:place w:st=\"on\"\u003e\u003cst1:placetype w:st=\"on\"\u003eUniversity\u003c\/st1:placetype\u003e of \u003cst1:placename w:st=\"on\"\u003eVirginia\u003c\/st1:placename\u003e\u003c\/st1:place\u003e, and the author of \u003ci\u003eAfter the News: Media Regimes and the New Information Environment\u003c\/i\u003e (with Michael X. Delli Carpini) and \u003ci\u003eDemocracy, Dialogue, and Environmental Disputes: The Contested Languages of Social Regulation\u003c\/i\u003e (with Albert Matheny)\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e His current research interests focus on the role of a changing media environment in shaping citizenship in the \u003cst1:country-region w:st=\"on\"\u003e\u003cst1:place w:st=\"on\"\u003eUnited States\u003c\/st1:place\u003e\u003c\/st1:country-region\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e02 August 2010\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781405127677\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e236\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e17.12\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48108359385228,"sku":"9781405127677","price":102.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781405127677_0781dc9c-f835-4993-ab9b-cc82c6b73824.jpg?v=1780156195","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781405127677","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}