Media perspectives for the 21st century / edited by Stylianos Papathanassopoulos.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Papathanassopoulos, S.

Series:

Communication and society.

Communication and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media.

Mass media--Social aspects.

Digital media--Social aspects.

Digital media.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (262 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Media perspectives for the twenty-first century

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Media Perspectives for the 21st Century brings together key international scholars to explore concepts, topics and issues concerning the communication environment in contemporary democratic societies. It combines qualitative and quantitative approaches to provide an interdisciplinary and truly global perspective that reflects the trends, theories and issues in current media and communication research.The collection raises significant questions about the study of the media by challenging approaches to major media and societal issues, and analyses in more depth the rang

Contents:

Communication and society.

Introduction / Stylianos Papathanassopoulos

Media in the contemporary age. Information and democracy : the weakening of social democracy / Frank Webster

The transformation of political communication / Ralph Negrine and Stylianos Papathanassopoulos

What does information technology imply for media effects research? / Shanto Iyengar

Infotainment Inc. : the ascent of a global ideology / Daya Kishan Thussu

Emotions in the media and the mediatization of traumas / Nicos Demertzis

Media, migrations and transnational cultures / Tristan Mattelart

Communication in the digital era. From mass to networked communication / Gustavo Cardoso

Media life / Mark Deuze

Consumer culture and new media : commodity fetishism in the Digital Era / Matthew McAllister

How does the Internet change journalistic investigation and how should communication science deal with this issue? / Marcel Machill and Markus Beiler

Philosophical linkages between public journalism and citizen journalism / Linda Steiner and Jessica Roberts

Toward a new(er) sociability : uses, gratifications, and social capital on Facebook / Zizi Papacharissi and Andrew Mendelson

Minding the digital gap : why understanding digital inequality matters / Eszter Hargittai.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-136-84775-8

1-283-04166-9

9786613041661

1-136-84776-6

0-203-83407-0

9780203834077

OCLC:

707068753