Table of Contents

List of Figures, Acknowledgments, Series Editor’s Introduction, Chapter 1 Introduction: Reading and Teaching Popular Media, Part 1 Reading and Writing, Chapter 2 Making Sense of the Media: From Reading to Culture, Chapter 3 A Boy’s Own Story: Writing Masculine Genres, Chapter 4 Hardcore Rappin’: Popular Music, Identity and Critical Discourse, Chapter 5 ‘The “Me” in the Picture is Not “Me’”: Photography as Writing, Chapter 6 Reading Audiences: The Subjective and the Social, Part 2 Teaching and Learning Chapter 7 Intervening in Culture: Media Studies, English and the Response to ‘Mass’ Culture, Chapter 8 In Other Words: Evaluation, Writing and Reflection, Chapter 9 Going Critical: The Development of Critical Discourse, Chapter 10 Solving the Theoretical Problems?: Positive Images and Practical Work, Chapter 11 Conclusion: Dialogues with the Future, References, Index

About the Author

David Buckingham is Lecturer in Media Education at the Institute of Education, London. Julian Sefton-Green is Lecturer in Media Education at the Central School of Speech and Drama.