Publications

Publication details [#36311]

Barker, Martin. 1989. Comics, ideology, power and the critics. Manchester University Press.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

comic strip | dialogic | ideology | mass media | power

Annotation

This study on comics criticizes established models of media 'influence', presenting a model of text-reader relationship based especially on Volosinov/Bakhtin's 'dialogical' speech account.

Reviewed by

Mellor, Adrian. 1991. Review of $Comics, ideology, power and the critics.