Media studies

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, sociology, anthropology, social theory, art history and criticism, film theory, feminist theory, and information theory.

Media theorist Marshall McLuhan has suggested that "the medium is the message", and that all human artefacts and technologies are media. A medium is anything that mediates our interaction with the world or other humans. Given this perspective, media study is not restricted to just media of communications but all forms of technology. Media and their users form an ecosystem and the study of this ecosystem is known as media ecology.

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US Senator criticised for not mentioning Gaza in 25 hour speech

The New Arab 03 Apr 2025
... media site X ... Writing on Facebook, US international relations scholar Stephen Zunes was quick to point this out in light of Booker receiving adulation from the liberal media for his anti-Trump speech.
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The neo-classical reimagined: Go inside Gregg LeFevre’s new solo exhibition in SoHo

The Villager 03 Apr 2025
LeFevre, renowned for his expansive public art commissions, such as New York’s iconic Library Walk, brings to this body of work a scholar’s sensibility and a sculptor’s instinct. These mixed-media wall ...
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Teens rate social media as most authentic media form: UCLA study

WPXI 02 Apr 2025
"Social media is often just directly to regular people," said CSS research manager Atlas Burrus ... The Center for Scholars and Storytellers conducts youth-focused media research within UCLA's psychology department.
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Turkey’s state broadcaster fires actress, removes series over support for opposition's boycott

Bianet 02 Apr 2025
After sharing the post, Pusat was targeted by pro-government social media accounts, which called for her dismissal from the TRT series ... The CHP’s boycott has included state media and pro-government ...
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Muslim bodies’ concerns on Waqf Bill not addressed by parliamentary panel: Mirwaiz

Kashmir Media Service 02 Apr 2025
... disappointment that the Joint Parliamentary Committee, tasked with looking into the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, has not addressed even one concern of the Muslim scholars from the occupied territory.
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Hong Ting Forum held in Kenya to advance China-Africa modernization drive

China.dot.org 02 Apr 2025
... capital, Nairobi, bringing together senior government officials, diplomats, scholars, industry executives and media practitioners to explore ways to advance China-Africa cooperation on modernization.
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ODAP brings Greece’s cultural legacy to Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum

Ekathimerini 01 Apr 2025
Among its initiatives are e-tickets for over 100 locations, expanded heritage outlets, media and event showcases, scholarly publications, and heritage-inspired souvenirs. Nikoletta Divari-Valakou, Chairperson of the Board of Directors, ODAP, stated ... .
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Agency funding libraries and museums puts all employees on leave ahead of major cuts

Federal News Radio 31 Mar 2025
Museums and libraries will no longer be able to contact IMLS staff for updates about the funding they rely upon,” the union wrote ... Agency for Global Media, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in the Smithsonian Institution, U.S ... 29 ... .
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Kargil observes Jumat-ul-Wida as Youm-e-Quds, holds strong protest against Israel

Kashmir Media Service 29 Mar 2025
According to Kashmir Media Service, a massive protest rally, led by renowned religious scholar, Sheikh Ibrahim Khalili, commenced from the Isna Ashriya Campus Kargil.
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We Study Repression in Turkey. Now We See It Here.

The Atlantic 29 Mar 2025
On Tuesday evening, Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish Fulbright scholar researching children’s digital-media consumption at Tufts University, was taken into ICE custody ... On top of this, pro-government media ...
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Forum held in Beijing to boost the city's art market

China Daily 28 Mar 2025
Auctioneers, gallerists, scholars and media representatives attended a recent forum in Beijing to review last year's market performance and shared ideas to boost the capital ...
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Japan and the Unification Church: False Figures Supported the Dissolution

Bitter Winter English 28 Mar 2025
... one of our scholars yesterday. It appears that MEXT spreads the information to the media that what international scholars say about the Church abiding by its 2009 “Compliance Declaration” is not true.
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Prominent Taiwan scholars condemn political persecution by Lai Ching-te, DPP authorities

Xinhua 27 Mar 2025
TAIPEI, March 27 (Xinhua) -- A total of 75 scholars in China's Taiwan region have issued a joint statement condemning political persecution and abuse of power by the island's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities, led by Lai Ching-te.
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Free Press Mourns the Death of Co-Founder and Scholar Robert W. McChesney

Common Dreams 27 Mar 2025
McChesney, the eminent media scholar and co-founder of Free Press, died on Tuesday, March 25, in Madison, Wisconsin ...Bob McChesney was a brilliant scholar whose ideas and insights reached far beyond the classroom.
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US immigration officials detain doctoral student at University of Alabama

AOL 27 Mar 2025
Media reports noted that Ozturk, a Fulbright scholar and Turkish citizen, had in March 2024 co-written an opinion piece in the Tufts student newspaper, alongside three other authors, supporting calls ...
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