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By (author) Croteau, David R.; By (author) Hoynes, William D.
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New edition of this popular, student-friendly introduction to understanding and analysing the relationship between media and society. Adopted on courses in media, communication, cultural studies and sociology schools worldwide.
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”s rapidly changing media landscape, and significantly expands discussions of the “new media” world, including digitization, the Internet, the spread of mobile media devices, the role of user-generated content, the potential social impact of new media on society, and new media”s effect on traditional media outlets. Updated research, the latest industry data, and current examples from popular media illustrate enduring themes in the sociology of media.
Table of contents
PrefaceAcknowledgmentsPart I. Media/SocietyChapter 1. Media and the Social WorldPart II. Production: The Media Industry and the Social WorldChapter 2. The Economics of the Media IndustryChapter 3. Political Influence on MediaChapter 4. Media Organizations and ProfessionalsPart III. Content: Media Representations of the Social WorldChapter 5. Media and IdeologyChapter 6. Social Inequality and Media RepresentationPart IV. Audiences: Meaning and InfluenceChapter 7. Media Influence and the Political WorldChapter 8. Active Audiences and the Construction of MeaningChapter 9. Media TechnologyPart V. Globalization and the FutureChapter 10. Media in a Changing Global CultureReferencesIndexAbout the Authors
Biographical note
David Croteau taught about the sociology of media as an Associate Professor (retired) in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Virginia Commonwealth University. He is the author of Politics and the Class Divide: Working People and the Middle-Class Left and co-author, with William Hoynes, of Experience Sociology. William Hoynes is Professor of Sociology and former Director of the Media Studies Program at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York, where he teaches courses on media, culture, and social theory. He is the author of Public Television for Sale: Media, the Market, and the Public Sphere and co-author, with David Croteau, of Experience Sociology.
Biographical note
David Croteau taught about the sociology of media as an Associate Professor (retired) in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Virginia Commonwealth University. He is the author of Politics and the Class Divide: Working People and the Middle-Class Left and co-author, with William Hoynes, of Experience Sociology. William Hoynes is Professor of Sociology and former Director of the Media Studies Program at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York, where he teaches courses on media, culture, and social theory. He is the author of Public Television for Sale: Media, the Market, and the Public Sphere and co-author, with David Croteau, of Experience Sociology.
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