| These are recommended books about media to get you started. Please look at the other categories for deeper lists. | ||
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| Questioning the Media: A Critical Introduct...
$74.95 This is the best entry level book on media for undergrad students. It's a bit dated (pre-9/11), but you can supplement it with... | Media Literacy: A Reader
$119.95 If you need one book, get this. At 700 pages it is full of essential articles by many of the greats (including two by me!). | The Skin of Culture: Investigating the New ...
by Derrick De Kerckhove This is one of the most brilliant and insightful books I've read about media. It's written by a disciple of McLuhan. |
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| Screenagers: Lessons In Chaos From Digital ...
by Douglas Rushkoff $23.95 One of the most balanced discussions of teens and media. | Remediation: Understanding New Media
by Jay David Bolter $21.17 This is a must read for anyone wanting to understand the continuum between art movements and new media. This text is referred ... | Art in the Age of Mass Media, 3rd Edition
by John A. Walker A really amazing and accessible discussion of the relationship between art and media, a subject often neglected in media criti... |
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| Approaches to Media Literacy: A Handbook
by Art Silverblatt $29.95 One of the best common sense books on how to do media literacy that is not dogmatic. | Ways of Seeing: Based on the BBC Television...
by John Berger $10.20 One of the earliest and most popular books to compare art and advertising. This book, though a little dated, is full of visual... | Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man
by Marshall McLuhan $16.47 A classic must read. |
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