ISBN:
9780415989138
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (308 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Mediating the Message, 3rd Edition : A Media Sociology Perspective
DDC:
302.23
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
〈P〉Hailed as one of the ""most significant books of the twentieth century"" by 〈EM〉Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly〈/EM〉, 〈EM〉Mediating the Message 〈/EM〉has long been an essential text for media effects scholars and students of media sociology. This new edition of the classic media sociology textbook now offers students a comprehensive, theoretical approach to media content in the twenty-first century, with an added focus on entertainment media and the Internet. 〈/P〉
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Original Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER 1 Media Content and Theory; Media Content; Building Theory; The Hierarchical Model; Issues Raised by the Hierarchical Model; Summary; CHAPTER 2 Beyond Processes and Effects; Introducing the Framework; Social Science Paradigms; The Search for Theory; The Roots of a Sociology of News; Summary; CHAPTER 3 Mediating Reality; Patterns of Mediated Reality; Social Reality; Reality; Summary; CHAPTER 4 Social Systems; Social Systems as Level of Analysis; Media and Globalization: The Planet as Social System
Description / Table of Contents:
Social Systems as SubsystemsSocial System as Conceptual Model; Theories of Power and Ideology; Influences on Content from Social Systems; Summary; CHAPTER 5 Social Institutions; Institutional Transformation; The Networked Media Space; Social Institutions as Level of Analysis; Social Institutions as Conceptual Model; Influences on Content from Social Institutions; Summary; CHAPTER 6 Organizations; The Organization as Level of Analysis; The Organization as Conceptual Model; Organizational Influences on Content; Summary; CHAPTER 7 Routines; Routines as Conceptual Model
Description / Table of Contents:
Influences on Content from Routine PracticesSummary; CHAPTER 8 Individuals; Individuals as Level of Analysis; Individuals as Conceptual Model; Influences on Content from Individuals; Analyzing the Effects of Individuals; Summary; CHAPTER 9 Studying the Hierarchical Model; Building Theory; The Model as Finding; Model as Valuable Framework; Model as Guide to Interpretation; Evaluating the Relative Influence of Levels; Conclusion; References; About the Authors; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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