Is there a 'field' of media research?

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O último número da Media, Culture & Society inclui um debate sobre a área de comunicação e media studies. Vale a pena dar uma olhada:

Is there a 'field' of media research? – The 'fragmentation' issue revisited
John Corner
http://mcs.sagepub.com/content/35/8/1011.full?etoc

If not a single field, then what?
Nick Couldry
http://mcs.sagepub.com/content/35/8/1023.full?etoc

A robust and dynamic field
Jonathan Gray
University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Amanda D. Lotz
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, USA
http://mcs.sagepub.com/content/35/8/1019.full?etoc

Dica: Marcos Palácios