Media and Society
Subtitle: A Critical Perspective (The R&L Series in Mass Communication)
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.; Rowman & Littlefield
Published: October 28, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9780742553859
Subjects: Sociology; Performing Arts; Social Science; Media Studies; Social Science / Popular Culture; Mass media; Social aspects; Mass Media - General
Description: Media and Society is a lively, illustrated introduction to the role that mass media--and the messages and texts they carry--play in our lives and our society. Arthur Asa Berger explores the time we spend with media, media aesthetics, ethics, audiences, media effects, technologies, violence and sexuality in media, and ownership. Media and Society helps us understand the relationship between consumers and media--the books, television, radio, magazines, web sites, video games, newspapers, movies, and other mass media we encounter every day. --Publisher.