Audience research, after a promising period during which some crucial advances were
made, seems to be in decline in several ways, yet its tasks remain as important as ever. This …

The influence of the media remains a contentious issue. Every time a particularly high-profile
crime of violence is committed, there are those who blame the effects of the media. The …

The concept of ‘identification’ remains a commonly called-upon resource for considering how
media audiences might be influenced into taking up moral and cultural positions. Yet very …

The digital broadcasting of performances to cinemas, or'livecasting', burst onto the world
scene in 2006. This book explores the reasons for its rise, examines the aesthetics of filming …

Between 1996-97 an almost unprecedented campaign was mounted in the British press
against one film: David Cronenberg's" Crash." Ultimately unsuccessful, the year-long campaign …

… MARTIN BARKER … Copyright Martin Barker, 1984 Text designed by Mikki Rain First
published in 1992 in the United States of America by the University Press of Mississippi … A …

… Martin Barker wants to thank his wife Judith who has tolerated this obsessive interest in a
not… Last but unquestionably most of all, Martin Barker sets down his thanks and appreciation to …

" Reading Into Cultural Studies" revisits a selection of key texts central to the formation of
cultural studies as a discipline and as a project. These texts address questions of power, …

Director John Lassiter and his computer artists and scientists spent four years designing
everything you see, every character, house and car, down to each of the 1.2 million leaves on …

Lianas, or woody climbing plants, are a major constituent of seasonally dry tropical forests,
and are thought to impact negatively their host trees. In this study we evaluated whether liana …