An accessible introduction to the different theories of the mass media, emphasizing the importance of using theory, not only to make sense of the role of media in society, but also to understand different aspects of mass communication.
Language and Humour in the Media provides new insights into the interface between humour studies and media discourse analysis, connecting two areas of scholarly interest that have not been studied extensively before. The volume adopts a multi-disciplinary approach, concentrating on the various roles humour plays in print and audiovisual media, the forms it takes, the purposes it serves, the butts it targets, the implications it carries and the differences it may assume across cultures. The phenomena described range from conversational humour, canned jokes and wordplay to humour in translation and news satire.
Let’s welcome July with lots of activities to foster speaking through a guessing game designed to generate spontaneous speech from the lowest to the most advanced levels, and activities for discussion having a quotation as a starting point. Appeal to your students’ curiosity and creativity with star crafts which will involve everybody while learning or revising in a different way. Find tips to help your students deal with their analysis of the media through activities that will develop their critical thinking and for movie lovers a film project based on Bolt.
A course book for secondary school learners preparing for the final exam. Covers the levels from B1+ to B2+ Tackles such issues as: famous Brits, houses and flats, generation gap, space exploration, printed media, people's beliefs, global warming, networking sites, jobs and work, British pets.
You probably already have a clear idea of what a "discussion guide for students" is: a series of not-very-interesting questions at the end of a textbook chapter. Instead of triggering thought-provoking class discussion, all too often these guides are time-consuming and ineffective. This is not that kind of discussion guide. What Media Classes Really Want To Discuss focuses on topics that introductory textbooks generally ignore, although they are prominent in students’ minds. Using approachable prose, this book will give students a more precise critical language to discuss “common sense” phenomena about media.
