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Media control : news as an institution of power and social control / Robert E. Gutsche, Jr.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gutsche, Robert E., Jr., 1980- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Journalism--Political aspects--United States--History--20th century.
- Journalism.
- Journalism--Political aspects--United States--History--21st century.
- Mass media--Political aspects--United States--History--20th century.
- Mass media.
- Mass media--Political aspects--United States--History--21st century.
- Press and politics--United States.
- Press and politics.
- Social control--United States.
- Social control.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (401 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "A critical approach to the cultural function of news media, arguing that news is an institution that performs a function of social control under the guise of the Fourth Estate."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note:
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 - Making News: Purposes, Practices & Pandering
- Chapter 2 - Press as Paternal Authority: Veiling Power via 'The Fourth Estate'
- Chapter 3 - Controversies, Conspiracies & Confusion: News as Cultural Distraction
- Chapter 4 - Normalizing Surveillance & Control: How the Press Contribute to Policing
- Chapter 5 - The Myth of Media Literacy & Why Americans Will Never Have It
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical referecens and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781501304767
- 1501304763
- 9781628922943
- 162892294X
- OCLC:
- 922529155
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