Media and society / edited by James Curran.
| Other author | Curran, James. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 5th ed. |
| Publication Info | London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2010. |
| Description | xiii, 386 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Communication power: mass communication, mass self-communication, and power relationships in the network society / Manuel Castells -- Film and society / Toby Miller -- Entertaining democracy / James Curran -- Media and feminism / Sue Thornham -- Media and politics / Aeron Davis -- Western media systems in comparative perspective / Daniel C. Hallin and Paolo Mancini -- Interactive, engaging but unequal: critical conclusions from Internet studies / Sonia Livingstone -- Media industry studies, media production studies / David Hesmondhalgh -- Four approaches to the sociology of news revisited / Michael Schudson -- The contribution of critical political economy / Jonathan Hardy -- Beyond the global/local: examining contemporary media globalization trends across national contexts / Kalyani Chadha and Anandam Kavoori -- Contemporary Hollywood radicalism / Ben Dickenson -- Chinese media, contentious society / Yuezhi Zhao -- The state of media-effects research / Shanto Iyengar -- Media regimes and democracy / Bruce A. Williams and Michael X. Delli Carpini -- Arab film and Islamic fundamentalism / Lina Khatib -- The politics of reality TV: an overview of recent research / Susan Murray -- Race and identity in digital media / Lisa Nakamura -- The rise of Internet news media and the emergence of discursive publics in South Korea / June Woong Rhee -- The future of the news industry / Robert G. Picard. |
| Abstract | An introduction to media studies, covering such topics as: the changing interaction between film and society, the meaning and purpose of media entertainment, national influence on globalizing media systems, the politics and virtual reality shows, and more. |
| General note | Previous ed.: London: Hodder Arnold, 2005. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN | 0340984457 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 9780340984451 (pbk.) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | HM1206 .M43 2010 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |