Maincurrents in mass communications
By: [compiled by] Warren K. Agee, Phillip H. Ault, Edwin Emery.
Contributors: Agee, Warren Kendall.; Ault, Phillip H., 1914-; Emery, Edwin.
Publisher: Harper & Row
Published: 1986
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 457
Subjects: Mass media -- Social aspects -- United States.; Mass media -- Moral and ethical aspects.; Mass media -- United States -- Technological innovations.
Other titles: Main currents in mass communications.; Perspectives on mass communications.
Notes: Rev. ed. of: Perspectives on mass communications. c1982.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface
pagenum: xi; label: Part One
title: The Media's Role in Society
pagenum: 1; label: Introduction
title: by Edwin Emery
pagenum: 2; title: Responsibility and Distrust
pagenum: 8; title: The Power of the Press
pagenum: 8
authors: Michael J. O'Neill; title: New Perspectives on the News
pagenum: 14
authors: Katherine W. Fanning; title: Broadcasters Told: "Be More Responsible"
pagenum: 17
authors: Mark S. Fowler; title: Impact of Television
pagenum: 20; title: Understanding Television
pagenum: 20
authors: David Marc; title: "Give Us 22 Minutes..."
pagenum: 26
authors: Norman Corwin; title: Impact of TV News Overrated
pagenum: 31
authors: Jeanmarie Kalter; title: Media and Democracy
pagenum: 34; title: Iranscam: When the Cheering Stopped
pagenum: 34
authors: William Boot; title: White House Spokesman Rates the Press
pagenum: 38
authors: Larry Speakes; title: Making Journalism Safe for Democracy
pagenum: 43
authors: Michael Schudson; title: Developments in Political Communication Theory on Mass Media Potential
pagenum: 48
authors: L. John Martin; title: In Time of War
pagenum: 57; title: White Smoke in the Persian Gulf
pagenum: 57
authors: Tim Ahern; title: Once Again-Did the Press Lose Vietnam?
pagenum: 60
authors: Charles Mohr; title: In Time of Dissent
pagenum: 68; title: Up the Creek Without a Paddle
pagenum: 68
authors: Lauren Kessler; title: The Catholic Worker: 50 Years of Fortitude
pagenum: 72
authors: Nancy L. Roberts; title: Preacher Bashing and the Public Life
pagenum: 74
authors: James M. Wall; title: International Perspective
pagenum: 77; title: UNESCO and the New World Information Order
pagenum: 77
authors: Leonard R. Sussman; title: Questions for Review and Discussion/Essay Topic
pagenum: 81; label: Part Two
title: Ethical and Legal Challenges
pagenum: 83; label: Introduction
title: by Warren K. Agee
pagenum: 84; title: Pornography
pagenum: 93; title: Pornography and Violence
pagenum: 93
authors: Attorney General's Commission on Pornography; title: The Meese Commission: Sex, Violence, and Censorship
pagenum: 96
authors: Christie Hefner; title: Ethical Problems in Newspapers
pagenum: 101; title: The Range of Ethical Problems
pagenum: 101
authors: Philip Meyer; title: Code of Ethics
pagenum: 107
authors: Society of Professional Journalists, Sigma Delta Chi; title: Values
pagenum: 109
authors: Norman Isaacs; title: Ethical Problems in Television
pagenum: 114; title: Maxi Bucks, Mini Ethics
pagenum: 114
authors: Jerry Jacobs; title: Turned Off: Why Executives Distrust TV Reporters
pagenum: 118
authors: Herbert Schmertz; title: Invasion of Privacy
pagenum: 123; title: A Publisher Finds Himself on Page One
pagenum: 123
authors: Walter Jaehnig; title: The Boundaries of Privacy
pagenum: 126
authors: Edited by Frank McCulloch; title: Should AIDS Victims Be Named?
pagenum: 132
authors: Barrie Hartman; John Seigenthaler; title: Ethics in Media Ownership
pagenum: 135; title: Mass Ownership Takes Over the Media
pagenum: 135
authors: Phillip H. Ault; title: Publisher Decries Profit Over Public Service
pagenum: 139
authors: Jim Ottaway, Jr.; title: Ethics in Public Relations
pagenum: 144; title: Professional Standards in Public Relations
pagenum: 144
authors: Dennis L. Wilcox; title: Legal Issues
pagenum: 147; title: Media Content and Tobacco Advertising: An Unhealthy Addiction
pagenum: 147
authors: William L. Weis; Chauncey Burke; title: Giving Piracy a Wide Berth
pagenum: 154
authors: Jerry Chaney; title: Why We Should Change the Libel Law
pagenum: 156
authors: Floyd Abrams; title: How to Use the FOIA
pagenum: 162
authors: Elaine English; title: Questions for Review and Discussion/Essay Topic
pagenum: 167; label: Part Three
title: The Technology Revolution
pagenum: 169; title: Introduction
pagenum: 170
authors: Phillip H. Ault; title: Interactive Journalism by Computer
pagenum: 176
authors: Mike Greenly; title: Use of Personal Computers Soars
pagenum: 180
authors: Rosalind C. Truitt; title: Tomorrow's Journalism: New Technology, New Ethics?
pagenum: 182
authors: Jay Black; title: Video Takes Over Main Street
pagenum: 185
authors: Jim Bessman; title: What Zapped the Electronic Newspaper?
pagenum: 188
authors: Gary Stix; title: Fiber Optics: A New Tool
pagenum: 193
authors: Paul Kruglinski; title: Stevie Wonder Records by Satellite
pagenum: 196
authors: Mr. Bonzai; title: Questions for Review and Discussion/Essay Topics
pagenum: 198; label: Part Four
title: The Communicators
pagenum: 201; title: Introduction
pagenum: 202
authors: Warren K. Agee; title: Minorities in the Media
pagenum: 207; title: Minority Hiring at a Snail's Pace
pagenum: 207
authors: Judith G. Clabes; title: Marketing the News in Third World America
pagenum: 209
authors: Félix Gutiérrez; title: The Growing Role of Women
pagenum: 215; title: The "Glass Ceiling": Women's Barrier to Top Management
pagenum: 215
authors: Katharine Graham; title: Women in the Newspaper Business
pagenum: 218
authors: Jean Gaddy Wilson; title: The Shifting Television News Scene
pagenum: 223; title: Network News at the Crossroads
pagenum: 223
authors: Burton Benjamin; title: Toughest Job in TV News
pagenum: 225
authors: Clint O'Connor; title: The Reportorial Tradition
pagenum: 233; title: The Progressive Spirit Today
pagenum: 233
authors: Herbert J. Gans; title: The Photographer's Role
pagenum: 236; title: Ethics in Photography: Avoid Preconceived Ideas
pagenum: 236
authors: Ron Mann; title: Provocative People
pagenum: 238; title: Rupert Murdoch, International Media Baron
pagenum: 238
authors: Broadcasting; title: Turner's Windless Sails
pagenum: 244
authors: Bill Powell; Vern E. Smith; Peter McAlevey; title: Oprah Winfrey: Talk Star of Daytime TV
pagenum: 246
authors: Charles Whitaker; title: Allen H. Neuharth Today
pagenum: 249
authors: Barbara Matusow; title: Questions for Review and Discussion/Essay Topics
pagenum: 255; label: Part Five
title: Media Trends and Techniques
pagenum: 257; title: Introduction
pagenum: 258
authors: Phillip H. Ault; title: Television
pagenum: 264; title: TV News: Life in the Fast Lane
pagenum: 264
authors: Philip Weiss; Laurence Zuckerman; title: Backstage at The MacNeil-Lehrer Report
pagenum: 269
authors: Edmund Ghareeb; title: Rock 'n' Roll Video Vibrations
pagenum: 274
authors: Pamela Marin; title: Children's Television "Too Commercial"
pagenum: 276
authors: Broadcasting; title: Video
pagenum: 279; title: Comedy Is Big Hit on Video
pagenum: 279
authors: Chris McGowan; title: Radio
pagenum: 282; title: Radio Lives!
pagenum: 282
authors: Eric Zorn; title: Recording
pagenum: 290; title: Michael Jackson's Bad Stage Extravaganza
pagenum: 290
authors: Bob Doerschuk; title: Newspapers
pagenum: 294; title: America's Dailies Try to Capture Lost Readers
pagenum: 294
authors: Susan Miller; title: The View from the Road
pagenum: 300
authors: Charles Kuralt; title: What Writers Think About Writing
pagenum: 306
authors: Associated Press; title: Howard Cosell Says Sportswriters Not Prepared
pagenum: 311
authors: John Seigenthaler; title: A New Look at the New Journalism
pagenum: 314
authors: Sharon M. Murphy; James E. Murphy; title: Objectivity Precludes Responsibility
pagenum: 317
authors: Theodore L. Glasser; title: Doonesbury vs. President Reagan
pagenum: 322
authors: Garry Trudeau; title: Magazines
pagenum: 325; title: Musings of a Newsmagazine Editor
pagenum: 325
authors: Ray Cave; title: Motion Pictures
pagenum: 329; title: Hollywood's Business
pagenum: 329
authors: Douglas Gomery; title: Questions for Review and Discussion/Essay Topics
pagenum: 335; label: Part Six
title: Living in the Information Society
pagenum: 337; title: Introduction
pagenum: 338
authors: Phillip H. Ault; title: The Broad Concept
pagenum: 344; title: The Information Society: Promises and Perils
pagenum: 344
authors: Charles Marshall; title: Freedom, Responsibility, and the Information Society
pagenum: 348
authors: Henryk J. Skolimowski; title: Loss of Privacy
pagenum: 354; title: "Big Brother Inc." May Be Closer than You Thought
pagenum: 354
authors: Business Week; title: Television and Home Life
pagenum: 358; title: The Acid Rain of TV Images
pagenum: 358
authors: Harry Henderson; title: At Home with the Video Revolution
pagenum: 361
authors: Rushworth M. Kidder; title: In Conclusion
pagenum: 367; title: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
pagenum: 367
authors: Phillip H. Ault; title: Questions for Review and Discussion/Essay Topics
pagenum: 370; title: Index
pagenum: 373