Image and Representation is a clear and straight-talking introduction to two of the most important concepts in film and media studies. Exploring media language

This book offers readers a lively, clear and practical introduction to two of the most central concepts in the study of media, culture and communication: media

Analyses a wide range of film and still photographs to explore culturally dominant images and how they work. Extensively illustrated, this challenging collectio

It’s a platitude – which only a philosopher would dream of denying – that whereas words are connected to what they represent merely by arbitrary conventio

While biblical prophets ridiculed the notion of humans fashioning an idol that they would then worship, ancient Near Eastern theologians developed a sophisticat