Mass media, social control, and social change : a macrosocial perspective / edited by David Demers and K. Viswanath.

Other author Demers, David, 1953-
Other author Viswanath, K. (Kasisomayajula)
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoAmes : Iowa State University Press, 1999.
Descriptionxiii, 454 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Mass media from a macrosocial perspective / K. Viswanath and David Demers -- Cultivation and social control / James Shanahan and Victoria Jones -- The effect of the mass media on opinion formation / Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann -- Media dependency theory: origins and directions / Debra Merskin -- Social control, social change and local mass media / Douglas Blanks Hindman -- Social control, social change and the knowledge gap hypothesis / Emanuel Gaziano and Cecilie Gaziano -- Structural pluralism and media accounts of risk / Sharon Dunwoody and Robert J. Griffin -- Community pluralism and the "tipping point": editorial responses to race and related structural change / Oscar H. Gandy Jr. -- Shaping the news mirror: community structure, reporter specialization and content diversity / William F. Griswold -- Community integration and mass media: a reconsideration / Lewis A. Friedland and Jack M. McLeod -- Changing the media production process: from aggressive to injury-sensitive traffic crash stories / Sandra J. Ball-Rokeach...[et al.] -- Entertainment-education media strategies for social change: promises and problems / William J. Brown and Arvind Singhal -- A rhetorical analysis of Rupert Murdoch's vision for social change / Ian G. Weber -- Social control, social change and the mass media's role in the regulation of protest groups / Douglas M. McLeod and James K. Hertog -- Journalistic occupational development and discourses of power / Patricia L. Dooley -- Sociocultural evolution and the gratification niche / John Dimmick -- Corporate news structure, social control and social change / David Demers -- Justifying change and control: an application of discourse ethics to the role of mass media / Theodore L. Glasser and Peggy J. Bowers.
Local noteLittle-311573--305131016494.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 98026143
ISBN0813826829 (acid-free paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks HM101 .M336 1999 ✔ Available Place Hold