Culture, society and the media / edited by Michael Gurevitch. [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gurevitch, Michael.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media--Social aspects--Great Britain.

Mass media.

Mass media--Social aspects--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (326 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Methuen, 1982.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This book discusses two related themes concerning the role and processes of mass communication in society. The first deals with questions regarding the power of the media: how should it be defined? how is it wielded and by whom? are previous approaches and answers to such questions adequate? The second theme revolves around the divisions between the liberal pluralist and Marxist approaches to the analysis of the nature of the media. These divisions have, in recent years, been fundamental to the debate concerning the understanding of the role of mass communication, and the examination of them i

Contents:

Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; I CLASS, IDEOLOGY AND THE MEDIA; II MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS; III THE POWER OF THE MEDIA; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-97212-1

1-134-97213-X

1-280-11055-4

0-203-97809-9

9780203978092

OCLC:

252957952