Media Criticism: Stance, Category, Proposition, Method

Author: Li Yan
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: Media criticism is an academic stance, as well as a social responsibility and a sense of conscience for scholars. The main differences between the fields of media criticism and traditional media studies can be discussed from four aspects: research stance, scope, propositions, and methods. Part of it involves the main aspects of contemporary critical theory: semiotics, ideological analysis, narrative theory, feminist studies, and mass culture studies, etc. The second part mainly explores the practical activities of media criticism. It focuses on the research of the criticized objects. It outlines the coexistence of the criticized objects and their positions, as well as other related matters. It consists of three chapters: Research on Media Criticism Objects and Criticism Activities, Media Criticism Tools and Operations, Media Education and Practice.