Mass media has become an integral part of the human experience. News travels around the world in a split second affecting people in other countries in untold ways. Although being on top of the news may be good, at least for news junkies, mass media also transmits values or the lack thereof, condenses complex events and thoughts to simplified sound bites and often ignores the essence of an event or story. The selective bibliography gathers the books and magazine literature over the previous ten years while providing access through author, title and subject indexes.
Since it was first introduced, John Vivian's The Media of Mass Communication has received praise continuously for its ability to make learning interesting and for its use of...
Mass Media and Society
The reference will discuss mass media around the world in their varied forms—newspapers, magazines, radio, television, film, books, music, websites, and social media—and will describe the role of each in both mirroring and shaping ...
LaSalle , IL : Open Court . Dewey , J. ( 1927 ) . The public and its problems . New York : Holt & Rinehart . Dewey , J. ( 1939 ) . Intelligence in the modern world . New York : Modern Library . DiMaggio , P. , Hargittai , W. , Neuman ...
In this age of complexity, simple, powerful systems are an ideal of interaction design. This book introduces minimalism and helps to make sense of reduction, and in doing so unravels some of the mysteries of simplicity.
Beautifully written and class tested, Exploring Mass Media for a Changing World provides a comprehensive but modestly priced text around which instructors can develop a customized teaching package.
In every chapter of this bestselling text, students will explore the latest developments and current events that are rapidly changing the media landscape.
This text is ideal for upper-level courses in mass communication and media theory, media and society, mass communication effects, and mass media history.
Mass Media and Health: Examining Media Impact on Individuals and the Health Environment covers media health influences from a variety of angles, including the impact on individual and public health, the intentionality of these effects, and ...
Indeed, Christensen (1988) suggests that it may be immoral to fail to investigate important areas that cannot be investigated without the use of deception. He also argues that much of the sentiment against deception in research exists ...