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Discuss the role of media studies in making sense of the political, economic and cultural meaning of everyday life.
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COM1010 - Assignment # 1 Discuss the role of media studies in making sense of the political, economic and cultural meaning of everyday life Media studies involves studying various forms of text including print, electronic and more recently the growing industry of information-based technology (Cunningham, 2003, p.3). Media studies includes both the "analysis and deconstruction of media and the production or construction of media messages" (Ferrington, G., 2001) As a society we are constantly surrounds by the media, in our homes, at the workplace and in public. Media in the 21st century is not only a form of entertainment, but it shapes the world in which we exist today by influencing behaviour and customs. References to the term 'political' and 'economy' call attention to the fact that the production and distribution of culture takes place within a specific economic system, constituted by relations between the state, the economy, social institutions and...
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