Mass Media and Society

Name: Mass Media and Society
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ISBN: 9781567502893

ISBN-10: 156750289X

ISBN-13: 9781567502893

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Authors: Alan Wells, Ernest A. Hakanen

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Book details

List price: $55.00
Publisher: ABC-CLIO, LLC
Publication date: 6/26/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 628
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.26" tall
Weight: 1.826
Language: English



About the Editors


Preface



Mass Media and Society


The Origins of Mass Media in the United States



New Technology and the Future of the Media



How Communication Works




Print Media


The Newspaper Business



Structural Pluralism, Intermedia Competition, and the Growth of the Corporate Newspaper in the United States



An American in Paris (and Moscow and Berlin and Tokyo)



The American Magazine Business: An Overview




Radio and Recording


Specialization and Competition in Radio



Meanings of Radio to Teenagers in a Niche-Programming Era



The Popular Music Industry in Transition



Orality and Technology: Rap Music and Afro-American Cultural Resistance



The Emotional Use of Popular Music




Television and Video


The Evolution of Commercial Television



Public Service Broadcasting, Patricia Aufderheide Cable Television



Chips, Flags, and Warnings: The Environment of Controversial Television Programming



Video Criticism



The Impact of the Newer Television Technologies on Television Satisfaction




News


Television News: How It Works



Revisited: How Free Are Reporters?



Sensationalism Versus Public Affairs Content of Local Television News: Pennslyvania Revisited



How to Watch Television News: What Can You Do?




Law and Regulation


Media Ethics Overview



Mass Media and the Law



Law and Tabloid News



Toward a Unifying Regulatory Structure for the Delivery of Broadband Telecommunications Services



The Channeling Debate: Is Indecency Protected Expression?




Issues: Sex and Violence


Sex and Indecent Language on Prime Time Television



Sex and Violence in Slasher Films



Molitor Media Violence




Issues: Race and Gender


Race, Ethnicity and the Media



From "Beulah" to "Under One Roof": African American Women on Prime-Time Commercial Television



Dates Women and the Media, Tina Pieraccini Gender Stereotypes in MTV Commercials: The Beat Goes On



Author Index


Subject Index