Is Media Studies about to go viral?

Tara Brabazon; Annie Goldson; Peter Golding; Milly Williamson; Julian McDougall; Cynthia  B. Meyers

Is Media Studies about to go viral?

Tara Brabazon, Annie Goldson, Peter Golding, Milly Williamson, Julian McDougall, Cynthia B. Meyers

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Abstract

Ever since it emerged from English departments in the 1970s, media studies has been routinely dismissed as the archetypal ‘Mickey Mouse’ degree. But in an era of fake news and media hegemony, has this multifaceted subject finally found its place in the zeitgeist?

Original language	English
Specialist publication	Times Higher Education
Publication status	Published - 10 Oct 2019

Keywords

media studies
viral
fake news
Higher education
Degree

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