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Routledge Media and Cultural Studies Companions

About the Book Series

Routledge Media and Cultural Studies Companions offer thorough, high-quality surveys and assessments of the major topics in the fields of media and cultural studies. All entries in each companion are specially commissioned and written by leading scholars in the field. Clear, accessible, and cutting-edge, these companions are the ideal resource for advanced undergraduates, postgraduate students, and researchers alike.

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28 Series Titles


The Routledge Companion to Media and Tourism

The Routledge Companion to Media and Tourism

1st Edition

Edited By Maria Månsson, Annæ Buchmann, Cecilia Cassinger, Lena Eskilsson
May 27, 2024

The Routledge Companion to Media and Tourism provides a comprehensive overview of the research into the convergence of media and tourism and specifically investigates the concept of mediatized tourism. This Companion offers a holistic look at the relationship between media and tourism by drawing ...

The Routledge Companion to Media and the City

The Routledge Companion to Media and the City

1st Edition

Edited By Erica Stein, Germaine R. Halegoua, Brendan Kredell
May 27, 2024

Bringing together leading scholars from around the world and across scholarly disciplines, this collection of 32 original chapters provides a comprehensive exploration of the relationships between cities and media. The volume showcases diverse methods for studying media and the city and posits "...

The Routledge Companion to Freedom of Expression and Censorship

The Routledge Companion to Freedom of Expression and Censorship

1st Edition

Edited By John Steel, Julian Petley
December 11, 2023

The Routledge Companion to Freedom of Expression and Censorship offers a thorough exploration of the debates surrounding this contentious topic, considering the importance placed upon it in democratic societies and the reasons frequently proposed for limiting and constraining it. This volume ...

The Routledge Companion to Fashion Studies

The Routledge Companion to Fashion Studies

1st Edition

Edited By Eugenia Paulicelli, Veronica Manlow, Elizabeth Wissinger
September 25, 2023

This collection of original essays interrogates disciplinary boundaries in fashion, gathering fashion studies research across disciplines and from around the globe. Fashion and clothing are part of material and visual culture, cultural memory, and heritage; they contribute to shaping the way ...

The Routledge Companion to Media Industries

The Routledge Companion to Media Industries

1st Edition

Edited By Paul McDonald
September 25, 2023

Bringing together 49 chapters from leading experts in media industries research, this major collection offers an authoritative overview of the current state of scholarship while setting out proposals for expanding, re-thinking and innovating the field. Media industries occupy a central place in ...

The Routledge Companion to Digital Media and Children

The Routledge Companion to Digital Media and Children

1st Edition

Edited By Lelia Green, Donell Holloway, Kylie Stevenson, Tama Leaver, Leslie Haddon
April 24, 2022

This companion presents the newest research in this important area, showcasing the huge diversity in children’s relationships with digital media around the globe, and exploring the benefits, challenges, history, and emerging developments in the field. Children are finding novel ways to express ...

The Routledge Companion to Media Fandom

The Routledge Companion to Media Fandom

1st Edition

Edited By Melissa A. Click, Suzanne Scott
April 28, 2020

The field of fan studies has seen exponential growth in recent years and this companion brings together an internationally and interdisciplinarily diverse group of established scholars to reflect on the state of the field and to point to new research directions. Engaging an impressive array of ...

The Routledge Companion to Media and Race

The Routledge Companion to Media and Race

1st Edition

Edited By Christopher Campbell
December 10, 2019

The Routledge Companion to Media and Race serves as a comprehensive guide for scholars, students, and media professionals who seek to understand the key debates about the impact of media messages on racial attitudes and understanding. Broad in scope and richly presented from a diversity of ...

The Routledge Companion to Alternative and Community Media

The Routledge Companion to Alternative and Community Media

1st Edition

Edited By Chris Atton
October 16, 2018

The Routledge Companion to Alternative and Community Media provides an authoritative and comprehensive examination of the diverse forms, practices and philosophies of alternative and community media across the world. The volume offers a multiplicity of perspectives to examine the reasons why ...

The Routledge Companion to Cinema and Politics

The Routledge Companion to Cinema and Politics

1st Edition

Edited By Yannis Tzioumakis, Claire Molloy
September 24, 2018

The Routledge Companion to Cinema and Politics brings together forty essays by leading film scholars and filmmakers in order to discuss the complex relationship between cinema and politics. Organised into eight parts – Approaches to Cinema and Politics; Cinema, Activism and Opposition; Film, ...

The Routledge Companion to Cinema & Gender

The Routledge Companion to Cinema & Gender

1st Edition

Edited By Kristin Hole, Dijana Jelača, E. Kaplan, Patrice Petro
September 17, 2018

The Routledge Companion to Cinema and Gender comprises forty-three innovative essays that offer both an overview of and an intervention into the field of cinema and gender. The contributions in this volume address a variety of geographical and cultural contexts through an analysis of cinema, from ...

The Routledge Companion to the Cultural Industries

The Routledge Companion to the Cultural Industries

1st Edition

Edited By Kate Oakley, Justin O'Connor
September 17, 2018

The Routledge Companion to the Cultural Industries is collection of contemporary scholarship that seeks to re-assert the importance of cultural production and consumption against the purely economic imperatives of the ‘creative industries’. Across 43 chapters drawn from a wide range of geographic...

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