In an information age of youth social movements, Youth Media Matters examines how young people are using new media technologies to tell stories about themselves

Winner of the 2009 Ruth Benedict Prize for Outstanding Monograph from the Society of Lesbian and Gay Anthropologists Winner of the 2010 Distinguished Book Award

Now, more than 20 years since its initial release, John Fiske’s classic text Media Matters remains both timely and insightful as an empirically rich examinati

Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Youth and Media -- 2 Then and Now -- 3 Themes and Theoretical Perspectives -

The presence and intensity of media influences television, radio, music, computers, films, videos, and the Internet are increasingly recognized as an important