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Media/Society
Technology, Industries, Content, and Users
Seventh Edition
- David Croteau - Virginia Commonwealth University, USA
- William Hoynes - Vassar College, USA
- Clayton Childress - University of Toronto
June 2021 | 520 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
Winner of the 2022 Textbook & Academic Authors Association's The McGuffey Longevity Award
Media/Society: Technology, Industries, Content, and Users helps students understand the relationship between media and society and gets them to think critically about recent media developments. Authors David Croteau, William Hoynes, and new co-author Clayton Childress take an interdisciplinary approach with a sociological focus to answer questions like How do people use the media in their everyday lives? and How has the evolution of technology affected the media and how we use them? The Seventh Edition incorporates the latest scholarship and data that address enduring media topics, as well as new concerns raised by the role of digital platforms, the impact of misinformation online, and the role of media during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Media/Society: Technology, Industries, Content, and Users helps students understand the relationship between media and society and gets them to think critically about recent media developments. Authors David Croteau, William Hoynes, and new co-author Clayton Childress take an interdisciplinary approach with a sociological focus to answer questions like How do people use the media in their everyday lives? and How has the evolution of technology affected the media and how we use them? The Seventh Edition incorporates the latest scholarship and data that address enduring media topics, as well as new concerns raised by the role of digital platforms, the impact of misinformation online, and the role of media during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Preface
Acknowledgments
PART I • INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1 • Media/Society in a Digital World
PART II • TECHNOLOGY
Chapter 2 • The Evolution of Media Technology
PART III • INDUSTRY
Chapter 3 • The Economics of the Media Industry
Chapter 4 • Political Influence on Media
Chapter 5 • Media Organizations and Professionals
PART IV • CONTENT: MEDIA REPRESENTATIONS OF THE SOCIAL WORLD
Chapter 6 • Media and Ideology
Chapter 7 • Social Inequality and Media Representation
PART V • USERS
Chapter 8 • Audiences and Creators
Chapter 9 • Media Influence
PART VI • AFTERWORD
Chapter 10 • Globalization and the Future of Media
References
Index
About the Authors
Supplements
Instructor Teaching Site
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Online resources included with this text
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Solid material, comprehensive, and Moodle test banks.
Communications, Univ Of Louisiana-Lafayette
June 25, 2024
I liked the previous version, and decided that this update covered everything else I wanted to add to the course since I last taught it. Thanks!
Communication Humanities Dept, Western New England University
December 15, 2022
Very comprehensive as a single book for the course and matches my syllabus.
Communication and Media Studies, Stetson University
September 21, 2022
Sample Materials & Chapters
Chapter 1. Media Society in a Digital World
Chapter 2. The Evolution of Media Technology