Media Criticism: Between Theory and Practice

A Note on Theory and Practice in Rhetorical Criticism

Ihe subject of theory and practice mandates attention to the "problem of mediation," to the intersections between thought and action, idea and will, conception and execution. One cannot deal cohesively with the relationship between theory and practice without focusing on the psychological process of criticism, on the critic's own motives, means and ends, on his relationships with his characteri...

Media Management in Theory and Practice

2 13 I n the field of mass communication, the term theory is often loosely defined. Paradigms, conceptual frameworks, models, normative theories, and, of course, actual theories are all frequently referred to as " theory, " although they represent very different constructs. As traditionally defined in science, a theory is a systematically related set of statements about the causes or relationsh...

Media, society, world: Social theory and digital media practice

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Reader-Response Theory and Criticism | The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism

Reader-response criticism maintains that the interpretive activities of readers, rather than the author’s intention or the text’s structure, explain a text’s significance and aesthetic value. Biographical accounts of how a writer responds to his or her critics initiated this kind of criticism. That is, since a writer may respond to commentary provided by friends, reviewers, or critics, biograph...

Law and Literature: Works, Criticism, and Theory