School and university in the mirror of American, British, French and German movies.

The relevance of the book topic is highlighted by the following reasons: audiovisual media (cinematography, television, and the internet) are effective means of affecting the audience, especially school children and youth; consequently, the analysis of... More

The relevance of the book topic is highlighted by the following reasons: audiovisual media (cinematography, television, and the internet) are effective means of affecting the audience, especially school children and youth; consequently, the analysis of school and university topic transformation in the mirror of audiovisual media texts is highly topical nowadays both for culture studies, film studies and media education. The research materials of this book are American, British, French and German films about school and university; the authors use a comparative hermeneutic analysis of films relating to the topic (including stereotypes analysis, ideological analysis, identification analysis, iconographic analysis, narrative analysis of media texts, media text’s character analysis, etc.), anthropological and gender analyses. For researchers in the field of film studies, cultural studies, media culture, sociology, political science, for teachers, post-graduate students and univer Less