Course Reading List
- Abercrombie, Nicholas and Longhurst, Brian. (1998) Audiences: A Sociological Theory of Performance and Imagination, Sage: 208pp. ISBN: 9780803989627
- Bird, Elizabeth. (2003) The Audience in Everyday Life, London and New York: Routledge: 211pp. ISBN 0-415-94258-6
- Bruhn Jensen, Klaus. (2012) A Handbook of Media and Communication Research: Qualitative and Quantitative Methodologies (second edition), London, Routledge: pp431. 0415609666
- Dahlgren, Peter. (2013) The Political Web: Media, Participation and Alternative Democracy, London: Palgrave: 195pp. ISBN 978-1-137-32637-9
- Gauntlett, David, and Hill, Annette. (1999) TV Living, London: Routledge: 315pp. ISBN 0-415-18486-X
- Hill, Annette (2015) Reality TV: Key Ideas, London: Routledge: 183pp. ISBN 978-0-415-69176-5
- Napoli, Phillip. (2010) Audience Evolution, Columbia University Press: 272pp. ISBN: 9780231150354
- Nightingale, Virgina, ed. (2011) The Handbook of Media Audiences, London: Blackwells: 562pp. 111872139X
- Sandvoss, Cornell. (2005) Fans, Cambridge: Polity Press: 198pp. 9780745629735
- Staiger, Janet. (2005) Media Reception Studies, New York: NYU Press: 262pp. 0814781357
Also includes selected journal articles provided by course leader
Students should read approximately 2000 pages of the above selected books and journal articles – details of chapters and articles for selection given by the course leader.E book links
- Dahlgren, Peter. (2013) The Political Web: Media, Participation and Alternative Democracy, London: Palgrave: 195pp.
- Gauntlett, David, and Hill, Annette. (1999) TV Living, London: Routledge: 315pp.
- Hill, Annette (2015) Reality TV: Key Ideas, London: Routledge: 183pp.
- Nightingale, Virgina, ed. (2011) The Handbook of Media Audiences, London: Blackwells: 562pp