Media/Society: Technology, Industries, Content, and UsersWinner of the 2022 Textbook & Academic Authors Association′s The McGuffey Longevity Award Media/Society: Technology, Industries, Content, and Users helps students understand the relationship between media and society and gets them to think critically about recent media developments. Authors David Croteau, William Hoynes, and new co-author Clayton Childress take an interdisciplinary approach with a sociological focus to answer questions like How do people use the media in their everyday lives? and How has the evolution of technology affected the media and how we use them? The Seventh Edition incorporates the latest scholarship and data that address enduring media topics, as well as new concerns raised by the role of digital platforms, the impact of misinformation online, and the role of media during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
Contents
PART II TECHNOLOGY | |
The Internet | |
The Internet Grows | |
PART III INDUSTRY | |
Products | |
Political Influence on Media | |
Regulating Content | |
MEDIA REPRESENTATIONS OF THE SOCIAL WORLD | |
News Media and the Limits of Debate | |
Discussion Questions | |
PART V USERS | |
The Limits of Interpretation | |
Media Influence | |
Discussion Questions | |
Chapter 10 Globalization and the Future of Media | |
Movies TV and Streaming | |
Media Organizations and Professionals | |
Discussion Questions | |
References | |
Index | |
About the Authors | |
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