The Future of the Mass AudienceThe Future of the Mass Audience focuses on how the changing technology and economics of the mass media in postindustrial society will influence public communication. It summarizes the results of a five-year study conducted in cooperation with the senior corporate planners at ABC, CBS, NBC, Time Warner, The New York Times, and the Washington Post. The central question is whether the new electronic media and the use of personal computers in the communication process will lead to a fragmentation or "demassification" of the mass audience. This study demonstrates, contrary to the opinion of some analysts, that the movement toward fragmentation and specialization will be modest and that the national media and common political culture will remain robust. W. Russell Neuman, directs the Communications Research Group of MIT's Media Laboratory. He has published widely and among his recent books are The Paradox of Mass Politics (1986) and the The Telecommunications Revolution (1991). Prior to teaching at MIT he held posts at Yale University and University of California, Berkeley. |
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| Title | The Future of the Mass Audience |
| Authors | W. Russell Neuman, William Russell Neuman |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, 1991 |
| ISBN | 0521424046, 9780521424042 |
| Length | 202 pages |
| Subjects | › Political Science / General Social Science / Media Studies |
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