This collection re-imagines the study of English and media in a way that decentralises the text (e.g. romantic poetry or film noir) or media formats/platforms (e.g. broadcast media/new media). Instead, the authors work across boundaries in meaningful thematic contexts that reflect the ways in which people engage with reading, watching, making, and listening in their textual lives. In so doing, this project recasts both subjects as combined in a more reflexive, critical space for the study of our everyday social and cultural interactions. Across the chapters, the authors present applicable lear.;Preface; 1: Doing Text; 2: Reading Text; 3: Wearing Text; 4: Writing Text; 5: Playing Text; 6: Making Text; 7: Performing Text; 8: Connecting Text; 9: Eating Text; 10: After the subject: towards a real reform; Index.