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 |
| Edition | 1st ed. |
| Publication Info | Ames : Iowa State University Press, 1999. |
| Description | xiii, 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 note | Little-311573--305131016494. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 98026143 |
| ISBN | 0813826829 (acid-free paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | HM101 .M336 1999 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |