Media/Society Industries, Images, and Audiences

• Main Authors: Croteau, David (Author), Hoynes, William (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Thousand Oaks, CA SAGE Publications 2014; Thousand Oaks, CA 2014
• Edition: 5th ed
• Subjects: Mass media > Social aspects > United States; Mass media > Political aspects > United States
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This book provides a framework to help students understand the relationship between media and society and helps students develop skills for critically evaluating both conventional wisdom and one's own assumptions about the social role of the media

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Media/society
• Media and the social world
• Production: the media industry and the social world
• The economics of the media industry
• Political influence on media
• Media organizations and professionals
• Content :