Media/Society : Industries, Images, and Audiences
by
 
Croteau, David R.

Title
: 
Media/Society : Industries, Images, and Audiences

Author
: 
Croteau, David R.

ISBN
: 
9781452268378

Publication Information
: 
Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, Inc, 2014

Physical Description
: 
424 pp. ; 231 x 18 mm

General Note
: 
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part I. Media/Society
Chapter 1. Media and the Social World
Part II. Production: The Media Industry and the Social World
Chapter 2. The Economics of the Media Industry
Chapter 3. Political Influence on Media
Chapter 4. Media Organizations and Professionals
Part III. Content: Media Representations of the Social World
Chapter 5. Media and Ideology
Chapter 6. Social Inequality and Media Representation
Part IV. Audiences: Meaning and Influence
Chapter 7. Media Influence and the Political World
Chapter 8. Active Audiences and the Construction of Meaning
Chapter 9. Media Technology
Part V. Globalization and the Future
Chapter 10. Media in a Changing Global Culture
References
Index
About the Authors

Contents
: 
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 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

Abstract
: 
Providing a framework for understanding the relationship between media and society, Media/Society: Industries, Images, and Audiences helps readers develop skills for critically evaluating both conventional wisdom and their own assumptions about the social role of the media.

Retaining its acclaimed sociological framework, the Fifth Edition covers new studies, includes up-to-date material about today & rsquo;s rapidly changing media landscape, and significantly expands discussions of the & ldquo;new media & rdquo; world, .

Subject Term
: 
Mediepolitik
 
Mass media -- Social aspects -- United States.
 
Mass media -- Political aspects -- United States.

Added Author
: 
Croteau, David R.
 
Hoynes, William D.


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