The International Encyclopedia of Media Studies

Global in scope, wide-ranging in its inclusion of topics, and edited by an international team of the world's best scholars The International Encyclopedia of Media Studies is the definitive resource for the field.

•Includes more than 200 essays written by over 230 leading and emerging scholars from across the globe
•Arranged across 7 thematic volumes, accessible volume introductions provide overviews of key themes
•Explores media as it is being practiced, produced, and analyzed in Asia, Africa, the Americas, Australia, and Europe
•All volumes pay close attention to issues of gender and ethnicity so necessary to understanding contemporary media
•Probes the many dimensions of the subject: history, production, content, audiences, effects, and futures