This fifth edition of Visual Methodologies contains some significant differences from its
predecessor. The opening chapters have been reorganised to provide a clearer introduction …

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 …

We once thought of cyberspace as a borderless world. As the internet has become
increasingly platformized, with a small number of technology giants that dominate the global …

From selfies and memes to hashtags and parodies, social media are used for mundane and
personal expressions of political commentary, engagement, and participation. The coverage …

This paper offers a genealogy of the field of mass media and communication theory and
research, with the purpose of distilling a grand narrative of media studies and …

The online video-sharing website YouTube is extremely popular globally, also as a tool for
information on science and environmental topics. However, only little is known about what …

Social media platforms have captured the attention and imagination of many millions of
people, enabling their users to develop and display their creativity, to empathize with others …

In 1977, Dallas Smythe published his seminal article Communications: Blindspot of Western
Marxism (Smythe 1977a), in which he argued that Western Marxism has not given enough …

This paper addresses how geographers conceptualize cultural artifacts. Many geographical
studies of cultural objects continue to depend heavily on an approach developed as part of …

Written two decades apart, these statements by Fiske and Slack illustrate shifts in how fan
activity connects the popular imagination and real-world politics. Both claim that fandom's …