ISBN:
9781452268378
Language:
English
Pages:
XVIII, 402 S.
,
Ill., graph. Darst.
,
23 cm
Edition:
5. ed.
DDC:
302.23
Keywords:
Mass media Social aspects
;
Mass media Political aspects
;
USA
;
Massenmedien
;
Gesellschaft
Description / Table of Contents:
PrefaceAcknowledgments -- Media/society -- Media and the social world -- Production: the media industry and the social world -- The economics of the media industry -- Political influence on media -- Media organizations and professionals -- Content : media representations of the social world -- Media and ideology -- Social inequality and media representation -- Audiences : meaning and influence -- Media influence and the political world -- Active audiences and the construction of meaning -- Media technology -- Globalization and the future -- Media in a changing global culture -- References -- Index -- About the authors.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 358 - 381) and index
