Mass Media and Society 2nd Edition

by JAMES (Author), Michael Gurevitch (Author), JAmes (Author), James (Author), Michael Gurevitch (Author), Michael (Author), Professor J. Curran (Author)

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  1996

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  This work provides a survey of mass communication and popular culture. In this edition articles have been updated and a number of new articles have been commissioned including Simon Firth on the entertainment industry, Christine Geraghty on popular culture and resisitance, Janet Wasko on the sociology of Disney, and Daniel Hallin on the American media system and the marketplace. The book seeks to reflect the changing emphases in the study of mass communication and society.

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  1991

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  This book succeeds Mass Communication and Society . Written by a group of international scholars, this new volume reviews the many and far-reaching developments that have since taken place in mass communication research. Its three sections provide: an account of the role of the media in contemporary society, using liberal, postmodernism, feminist and neo-marxist perspectives; alternative views of the formative influences shaping the media, plus analyses of recent changes in the media industries and an exploration of the role of the media in the social production of meaning.