Thank you for applying to study Media and Cultural Analysis in the Department of Social Sciences at Loughborough University. We are delighted that you will be joining us in October and wish you every success with your studies this spring/summer.
I have compiled a short list of key readings below for each of the modules on offer to you during your MA programme. Taking a look through some of these readings will help to familiarise you with some of the key ideas and concepts that we will be exploring on the programme before you arrive, and help you to think about which optional modules you might be most interested in taking.
If you have any questions about the course before your arrival please do get in touch with me at the email address below.
Core Modules
Textual Analysis Research Techniques & Production and Reception Analysis
David Deacon (2007) Researching Communications: A Practical Guide to Methods in Media and Cultural Analysis (2nd Edn). Hodder Arnold.
Politics of Representation
Michael Pickering (2001) Stereotyping: The Politics of Representation, Palgrave Macmillan,
Media and Modernity
Thompson, J. (1995) The Media and Modernity: A Social Theory of the Media. Cambridge: Polity.
Mihelj, S. (2011) Media Nations: Communicating Belonging and Exclusion in the Modern World. Palgrave.
Media and Cultural Industries
Janet Wasko, Graham Murdock , and Helena Sousa (eds) (2011) Handbook of the Political Economy of Communication. Wiley-Blackwell
David Hesmondhalgh (2012) The Cultural Industries. [Third Edition] Sage
Optional Modules
Digital Economies
Benkler, Y. (2006) The Wealth of Networks New Haven: Yale UP (chapters 1-4)
Digital Futures
Dave Hesmondhalgh (2007) The Cultural Industries. Sage
Media and Cultural Work
Mark Banks (2007) The Politics of Cultural Work. Palgrave Macmillan
Digital Cultures
S. Turkle (1997) Life on the screen: Identity in the age of the Internet. Cambridge: MIT Press.
Buckingham, D. (2007) Beyond Technology: Children’s Learning in the Age of Digital Culture Cambridge: Polity
Cultural Memory and Heritage Industries
Barbara Misztal (2003) Theories’ of Social Remembering. Open University Press.
Emily Keightley and Michael Pickering (2012) Creative Memory. Palgrave Macmillan
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