This fourth edition of Communication, Cultural and Media Studies: The Key Concepts is an indispensible guide to the most important terms in the field. It offers clear explanations of the key concepts, exploring their origins, what they’re used for and why they provoke discussion. The author provides a multi-disciplinary explanation and assessment of the key concepts, from ‘authorship’ to ‘censorship’; ‘creative industries’ to ‘network theory’; ‘complexity’ to ‘visual culture’.

  • The new edition of this classic text includes:
  • Over 200 entries including 50 new entries
  • All entries revised, rewritten and updated
  • Coverage of recent developments in the field
  • Insight into interactive media and the knowledge-based economy
  • A fully updated bibliography with 400 items and suggestions for further reading throughout the text


Communication, Cultural and Media Studies: The Key Concepts is a book to help you come to terms with terms, compiled by a leading figure in the field. This third edition of this classic text forms an up-to-date, multi-disciplinary glossary of the concepts you are most likely to encounter in the study of communication, culture and media, from 'anti-globalization' to 'reality tv', from 'celebrity ' to 'tech-wreck'.
This new edition includes:
*over 70 new entries
*most entries revised, rewritten and updated
*coverage of recent developments in communications, cultural and media studies.