This is really difficult but I have whittled it down and it has to be the rather expected following, bearing in mind that my subject area is Photography: History and Culture.  I think the reason that I've ended up with these five is that they simply pass the test of time. This doesn't mean that there aren't others that have quite literally changed my life!
Books selected not necessarily in any order of preference:
Barthes, Roland  Camera Lucida
Benjamin, Walter  Illuminations
Evans, Harold  Pictures on a Page
Shama, Simon  Landscape and Memory
Sontag, Susan  On Photography 
 
Good luck with the conference.
With best wishes,
Veronica Davis Perkins, MA
 
 
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	>
	> SEE REQUEST BELOW
	>
	> NB Thank you to those who have responded so far. Deadline for 
	> responses is
	> Friday 30th June. Please respond as soon as possible - simply REPLY 
	> to this
	> email. There is no need to explain your choice of books.
	>
	> Similar surveys have been carried out in other discipline areas - for
	> example, a book survey of American sociologists by the ASA 
	> 'generated more
	> excitement and enthusiasm than anthing else [they have] done' (Clawson
	> 1996). SO PLEASE BE ENTHUSIASTIC AND RESPOND!!!
	>
	>
	> ...
	>
	>
	>
	> In relation to research for a paper that I am planning for a 
	> forthcoming
	> conference, I would welcome responses to the following request:
	>
	> PLEASE LIST UP TO 5 BOOKS THAT YOU THINK HAVE BEEN THE MOST 
	> INFLUENTIAL IN
	> MEDIA, COMMUNICATION AND/OR CULTURAL STUDIES
	>
	> By 'books', this could include monographs, edited collections, 
	> textbooks,
	> multi-authored books and so on. But avoid including 'reader' books 
	> (i.e.
	> compilations of previous work). Also, avoid journal articles, 
	> departmental-
	> based papers and other non-book publications - but if articles or 
	> papers
	> were reprinted in books, then clearly you might wish to include 
	> them. You
	> can include books published at any time (no time-period restrictions),
	> anywhere in the world.
	>
	> Please try to ensure that you ONLY list books that have contributed to
	> media, communication and/or cultural studies. If you do want to 
	> include a
	> book that is not straightforwardly in these fields, please briefly 
	> explain
	> how the book does contribute to them.
	>
	> You can list a maximum of 5 books - but mention fewer if you wish. 
	> Please
	> respond by email to me personally. Depending on levels of response, 
	> I would
	> hope to use the MECCSA discussion list again to feed back results.
	> Individual responses will remain confidential. NB IF YOU WISH TO 
	> REMAIN
	> ANONYMOUS, PLEASE RESPOND IN WRITING TO ME AT THE ADDRESS BELOW.
	>
	> Many thanks for your help.
	>
	> Dan
	>
	> Dr Dan Laughey
	> Senior Lecturer in Media and Popular Culture
	> School of Cultural Studies
	> Leeds Metropolitan University
	> Leeds. LS1 3HE. UK.
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