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Mass media and society / edited by James Curran and Michael Gurevitch.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Arnold, 1996.Edition: 2nd edDescription: iv, 378p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780340614181 (pbk.) :
  • 0340614188
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 302.23 CUR
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 302.23 CUR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 219289

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.

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