The International Encyclopedia of Media Studies brings together over 200 critical essays to redraw the boundaries of this rapidly evolving and dynamically complex area. Global in scope, wide-ranging in its inclusion of topics, and edited by an international team of the world's best scholars, this is the definitive resource for the field. Arranged across 7 thematic volumes each of which features an accessible introduction exploring key themes edited by an international team of expert scholars Explores media as it is being practiced, produced, and analyzed in Asia, Africa, the Americas, Australia, and Europe Probes the many dimensions of the subject: history, production, content, audiences, methodologies, effects, and futures Newly updated with a seventh volume on Research Methods in Media Studies that is available as a stand-alone reference or as part of the complete set 7 Volumes www.encyclopediaofmediastudies.com