New book:
Mapping Communication and Media Research
Conjunctures, Institutions, Challenges
by Koivisto, Juha Thomas, Peter D.
218 p.
ISBN: 978-951-44-7920-5
29.00?
Publisher: Tampere University Press. TUP
Communication and media research has emerged in
recent years as one of the most successful and
dynamic fields of activity in the contemporary
university. The explosive growth has prompted
concern about a ?lack of clarity? of the field
and its capacity to respond productively to
current and future challenges. How can we
account for the spectacular rise of
communication and media research? What type of
academic activity is it? Is it a ?discipline?,
an interdisciplinary ?field?, a new ?discourse?
or an ?institution? including different approaches?
Communication and media research is analysed in
this study as a ?hegemonic apparatus?, or a
terrain of conflicting forces and organisation
forms upon which social, cultural and political
projects and values are produced, criticised and
challenged. The authors argue that contemporary
communication and media research can only be
understood by referring to the concrete social,
cultural and political contexts in which it occurs.
Drawing upon a series of detailed reports
covering communication and media research
internationally, from Germany, France, Belgium,
The Netherlands, Finland, Estonia, the USA, the
UK, Australia, Japan and South Korea, the study
provides a global overview of the contemporary
situation and assesses future challenges and
opportunities. Key indices include university
departments, professorships and research
centres, doctoral studies, gender relations,
research funding, internationalisation and
publishing and the impact of university reforms.
This study will be essential reading for all
those concerned with the current state of this
successful ?non-discipline? and its significance
for critical intellectual practice today.
Available here:
http://granum.uta.fi/english/kirjanTiedot.php?tuote_id=20194
