Research Catalog

Title

Media/society : industries, images, and audiences / David Croteau, William Hoynes.

Author

Croteau, David.

Publication

Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Pine Forge Press, c1997.

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Details

Additional Authors

Hoynes, William.

Description

xix, 344 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

The authors show how the media shapes, and is shaped by, not only society but also individuals. The focus of the book is on the huge influence the media exerts on society in general and on individuals in particular.

Subject

• Mass media > Social aspects > United States
• Mass media > Political aspects > United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-331) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

List of Exhibits -- Preface -- Pt. 1. Media/Society -- 1. Media and the Social World -- Pt. 2. Production: The Media Industry and the Social World -- 2. The Economics of the Media Industry -- 3. Political Influence on Media -- 4. Media Organizations and Professionals -- Pt. 3. Content: Media Representations of the Social World -- 5. Media and Ideology -- 6. Social Inequality and Media Representation -- Pt. 4. Audiences: Meaning and Influence -- 7. Media Influence and the Political World -- 8. Active Audiences and the Construction of Meaning -- 9. Media Technology and Social Change -- Pt. 5. Globalization and the Future -- 10. Media in a Changing Global Culture -- App.: Selected Media-Related Internet Resources -- References -- Index.

ISBN

0803990650 (acid-free paper)

LCCN

^^^96045372^

OCLC

• 35784499
• SCSB-11528144

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library