Preliminary Seminar of Media Studies

Preliminary Seminar of Media Studies
Saeko Ishita and Takayuki Okai (eds.)

210 mm x 148 mm
212 pages
JPY 1,900
ISBN 9784790717416
Pub date: April 2020

Get to know the society through questions to the media! 
In this book, you will be able to understand the essential processes of media studies, such as asking the core questions, researching and analysing.

Points of Appeal
1) A comprehensive introduction to the characteristics and historical background of the media
2) Experience the processes essential to media studies, through home and group work

Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction Why study media?: To capture the complex world

Part I. Looking at society from the platform

Chapter 1 Does the internet convey “everyone’s voice”?: Selective contact of information, echo chambers and polarisation of public opinion
Chapter 2 Why is fake news created?: Social media, middle media and the filter bubble
Chapter 3 How have smartphones changed photography?: Photographic history, vernacular and mobility
Chapter 4 Is cosmetic surgery personal?: Sociology of the body, discourse and text mining

Part II. Looking at the media from 《home》

Chapter 5 Why do gender expressions in commercials tend to cause inflammation?: Advertisements, gender role norms and viewers’ diverse readings
Chapter 6 Are people with disabilities “hard-working people”?: Television representations, emotional pornography and disability studies
Chapter 7 Are there really many female victims?: Objective reality, labelling and gender bias
Chapter 8 Can health concerns be resolved by the media?: Trust, risk reporting and the sociology of food

Part III. Crossing boundaries in the media

Chapter 9 Why are “foreign” athletes singled out?: Cross-cultural representation, the North-South gap and racialisation in sport
Chapter 10 Is Cool Japan really cool?: Nation branding, globalisation and self-orientalism
Chapter 11 Who owns K-POP?: Crossing borders of cultural content, popular music genres, fan culture

Part IV. Recording/memorising in the media

Chapter 12 Does Google Maps depict the world?: Personalisation, surveillance society and placeability
Chapter 13 What can we learn from media experiences?: Audience, identity and life stories
Chapter 14 Who owns local memories?: Regional creation, stereotypes and digital storytelling 

End Chapter What is the present state of “media studies”?: For report writing supported by critical thinking

List of references / List of introductory videos / Worksheets / Index