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Media
Media studies is a discipline and field of study that deals with the content, history and effects of various media; in particular, the mass media. Media studies may draw on traditions from both the social sciences and the humanities, but mostly from its core disciplines of mass communication, communication, communication sciences and communication studies. Researchers may also develop and employ theories and methods from disciplines including cultural studies, rhetoric (including digital rhetoric), philosophy, literary theory, psychology, political science, political economy, economics, sociol
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Those who are capable of tyranny are capable of perjury to sustain it.
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I could have become a mass murderer after I hacked my governor module, but then I realized I could access the combined feed of entertainment channels carried on the company satellites. It had been well over 35,000 hours or so since then, with still not much murdering, but probably, I don't know, a little under 35,000 hours of movies, serials, books, plays, and music consumed. As a heartless killing machine, I was a terrible failure.
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― All Systems Red
― All Systems Red
The Harpies' Retrospective is a podcast where two tired teachers revisit media from their youth.…more
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To talk about all your favourite TV shows. (book based or otherwise)
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A group intended to explore changes to contemporary society due to technology and media, includi…more
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last active 12 years ago
This global discussion group has been designed to encourage debates about important and underrep…more
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