Routledge Media and Cultural Studies Handbooks
About the Book Series
Routledge Media and Cultural Studies Handbooks sit alongside our Companion series and offer thorough, high-quality surveys and assessments of emerging topics in the fields of media and cultural studies. All entries in these Handbooks are specially commissioned and written by a mix of leading scholars and new voices in the field. Clear, accessible, and cutting-edge, these companions are the ideal resource for advanced undergraduates, postgraduate students, and researchers alike.
You may also wish to visit our Routledge Media and Cultural Studies Companions series for collections on broader and established topics, or our Routledge Handbooks Online platform to view Routledge’s full companion and handbook offerings: https://www.routledgehandbooks.com/.
The Routledge Handbook of Fan Video and Digital Authorship
1st Edition
Edited
By Louisa Ellen Stein, Samantha Close
September 29, 2025
This cutting-edge collection explores the histories, aesthetics, and cultural work of fan video across a wide variety of manifestations and genres. Editors Louisa Stein and Samantha Close have assembled an edited collection that showcases the aesthetic diversity and transcultural dynamics at play ...
The Routledge Handbook of Lifestyle Journalism
1st Edition
Edited
By Folker Hanusch
June 10, 2025
Taking stock of research in an area that has long been starved of scholarly attention, The Routledge Handbook of Lifestyle Journalism brings together scholars from across journalism, communication, and media studies to offer the first substantial volume of its kind in this dynamic field. This ...
The Routledge Handbook of Motherhood on Screen
1st Edition
Edited
By Susan Liddy, Deirdre Flynn
April 25, 2025
The Routledge Handbook of Motherhood on Screen offers a comprehensive global analysis of the representation of Mothers and Motherhood in contemporary screen industries and online spaces. Over five distinct sections, this handbook examines how the complexities and realities of contemporary ...
The Routledge Handbook of Indigenous Film
1st Edition
Edited
By Ernie Blackmore, Kerstin Knopf, Wendy Gay Pearson, Corina Wieser-Cox
November 27, 2024
The Routledge Handbook of Indigenous Film is dedicated to bringing the work of Indigenous filmmakers around the world to a larger audience. By giving voice to transnational and transcultural Indigenous perspectives, this collection makes a significant contribution to the discourse on Indigenous ...
The Routledge Handbook of Role-Playing Game Studies
1st Edition
Edited
By José P. Zagal, Sebastian Deterding
June 27, 2024
This Handbook provides a comprehensive guide to the latest research on role-playing games (RPGs) across disciplines, cultures, and media in one single, accessible volume. Collaboratively authored by more than 40 key scholars, it traces the history of RPGs, from wargaming precursors to tabletop RPGs...
The Routledge Handbook of Mobile Socialities
1st Edition
Edited
By Annette Hill, Maren Hartmann, Magnus Andersson
May 27, 2024
This is a state-of-the-art survey of an emerging area of study in media, communication and cultural studies, mobility studies and mobile communications. ‘Mobile socialities’ demarcates a new area of research that captures people’s various and contrary experiences of media in relation to their ...
The Routledge Handbook of Digital Media and Globalization
1st Edition
Edited
By Dal Yong Jin
September 25, 2023
In this comprehensive volume, leading scholars of media and communication examine the nexus of globalization, digital media, and popular culture in the early 21st century. The book begins by interrogating globalization as a critical and intensely contested concept, and proceeds to explore how ...
The Routledge Handbook of Remix Studies and Digital Humanities
1st Edition
Edited
By Eduardo Navas, Owen Gallagher, xtine burrough
September 25, 2023
In this comprehensive and highly interdisciplinary companion, contributors reflect on remix across the broad spectrum of media and culture, with each chapter offering in-depth reflections on the relationship between remix studies and the digital humanities. The anthology is organized into sections...
The Routledge Handbook of Magazine Research: The Future of the Magazine Form
1st Edition
Edited
By David Abrahamson, Marcia R. Prior-Miller
July 26, 2017
Scholarly engagement with the magazine form has, in the last two decades, produced a substantial amount of valuable research. Authored by leading academic authorities in the study of magazines, the chapters in The Routledge Handbook of Magazine Research not only create an architecture to organize ...