Mass media and society / edited by James Curran and Michael Gurevitch.
Material type: TextPublication details: London : Arnold, 1996.Edition: 2nd edDescription: iv, 378p. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780340614181 (pbk.) :
- 0340614188
- 302.23 CUR
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Previous ed.: 1991.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1.Culture, communicatons, and political economy. Peter Golding and Graham Murdock --2.Feminist perspectives on the media. Liesbet van Zoonen -- 3.Postmodernism and television. John Fiske -3.Mass media in the public interest: towards a framework of norms for media performance. Denis McQuail -- 5.Mass media and democracy revisited. James Curran -- 6.Media change and social change: linkages and junctures. Jay G. Blumer and Michael Gurevitch -- 7.The sociology of news production revisited. Michael Schudson -- 8.Entertainment. Simon Frith -- 9.The global and the local in international communications. Annablele Sreberny-Mohammadi -- 10.The globalization of electronic journalism. Michael Gurevith -- 11.In defence of objectivity revisited.JudithLichtenberg -- 12.Commercialism and professionalism in the American news media. Daniel C. Hallin.
In this well established text, a team of international scholars give their thoughts on mass media and culture. The book also seeks to reflect changing emphasis in the study of mass communication and popular culture.