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Mediations Offers A Fresh And Original Introduction To Media Text Analysis. Focusing On The Ways In Which Texts Provide Us With Mediated Forms Of Cultural Experience, Andrew Tolson Explores Their Use Of Signs And Meanings, Textual Structures, Modes Of Address, Genres, And Stars And Personalities. He Introduces The Key Concepts And Methods Of Text Analysis, Illustrating Them With A Rich Variety Of Examples From Different Media: Television And Radio, Cinema, Advertising, Photography, Popular Fiction, Women's Magazines, And Other Print Media. The Book Combines A Useful Survey Of Existing Work In The Field With A Striking Range Of New Perspectives Which Both Challenge And Inform The Reader. Pt. 1. Texts. Ch. 1. Sign And Meanings. Ch. 2. Structures. Ch. 3. Modes Of Address -- Pt. 2. Contexts. Ch. 4. Genre. Ch. 5. Stars And Personalities -- Pt. 3. Subtexts. Ch. 6. Ideology. Ch. 7. Discourse. Andrew Tolson. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [222]-227) And Index.

Author

Tolson, Andrew

Publisher

London ; New York: Arnold ; New York: Distributed in the USA by St. Martin's Press

Published

1996

Language

EN

ISBN

9780340574898

Subjects

Language Learning, Literary Fiction, Science

Updated

2026-03-24