Mass Media/Mass Culture with free "Making the Grade" CD-ROM and PowerWeb Access Card

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Edition: 5th
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2000-07-21
Publisher(s): McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
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New to this edition: Every new copy ofMass Media/Mass Cultureis packaged with a FreeMaking the Grade CD-ROM, Free Access toPowerWeb: An Online Reader and Resource Guide, and a FreeText-Specific Online Learning Center Website.Written for the Introduction to Mass Communication course,Mass Media/Mass Culture: An Introductiondemonstrates how media impacts our culture today, and how the interrelationship of media and culture has influenced our civilization since dawn of mass communication. This textbook gives students the tools to understand the world around them and teaches them how to critically analyze the media that influences their lives.

Table of Contents

Part I: Culture and Communication

Chapter 1. Culture and Communication: How They Interact

Chapter 2. Culture and Mass Communicaiton: How They Interact

Chapter 3. Internet and Global Communication

Chapter 4. Legal Controls on the Media

Chapter 5. Theories of Press and Journalism: Keeping the Culture Informed

Part II: Development of Print Media

Chapter 6. The Permanent Medium

Chapter 7. Newspapers: Past, Present, and Future

Chapter 8. Magazines: The Specialized Medium

Part III: Development of Electronic Media

Chapter 9. Motion Pictures: Cultural Reflections

Chapter 10. Radio: A Wireless Wonder

Chapter 11. Recorded Music: Powerful and Controversial

Chapter 12. Television: From Soaps to Satellites

Part IV: Media Shapers

Chapter 13. Advertising: Selling the Message

Chapter 14. Public Relations: Creating an Image

Part V: Media Ethics and Effects

Chapter 15. Media Ethics

Chapter 16. Media Research, Effects and Consequences

Appendix: Mass Communication and Media Literacy

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