Bourdieusian Media Studies

1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-032-42117-9
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 144 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 324 g

Reihe: Routledge Focus on Media and Cultural Studies

Bourdieusian Media Studies illustrates the merits of Pierre Bourdieu’s cultural sociological approach in the field of media studies, explicating exactly what a “Bourdieusian” analysis of media would entail, and what new understandings of the digital media landscape would emerge from such an analysis.

The author applies the Bourdieusian concepts of social field, capital, and habitus to understand the social conditions of media and cultural production, media users’ practices and preferences, and the power dynamics entailed in social media networks. Based on a careful illumination of Bourdieu’s concepts, epistemological assumptions, and methodological approach, the book presents a range of case studies covering television production, the field of media studies itself, media use, and social media networks.

Illustrating the craft of Bourdieusian media studies and shedding new light on key dynamics of digital media culture, this book will appeal to scholars and students working in media studies, media theory, sociology of media, digital media, and cultural production.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lindell, Johan

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1.     Introduction: Why Bourdieusian Media Studies?

2.     Bourdieusian Media Studies: Key Concepts

3.     The Craft of Bourdieusian Media Studies

4.     The Social Space and Media Use

5.     Fields of Media and Cultural Production

6.     Digital Bourdieu

7.     Summary and Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Johan Lindell is Associate Professor of Media and Communication Studies at the Department of Informatics and Media, Uppsala University. He has published widely on Bourdieu. His research deals with social inequality and media use, fields of media and cultural production, and the Nordic media system.