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As one of our major social institutions, mass media deserve study in order to understand the social pressures that have influenced their formation and how media have been factors in social change or in preserving the status quo. In this course, we will explore how various individuals and groups have used media and how the form and content of media have reflected and influenced society and its values. David Sloan and James D. Startt, eds. Vision Press, 1999. William S. Solomon and Robert W. McChesney, eds.