Understanding media cultures : social theory and mass communication / Nick Stevenson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stevenson, Nick.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communication--Social aspects.

Communication.

Mass media--Social aspects.

Mass media.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 255 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Other Title:

Media cultures

Place of Publication:

London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The second edition of this book provides a comprehensive overview of the ways in which social theory has attempted to theorize the importance of the media in contemporary society. Now fully revised to take account of the recent theoretical developments associated with `new media' and `information society', as well as with the audience and the public sphere.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface for the second edition; Introduction; Chapter 1 - Marxism and Mass Communication REsearch: Debates within Political Economy and Ideology; Chapter 2 - Habermas, Mass Culture and the Public Sphere; Chapter 3 - Critical Perspectives within Audience REsearch: Problems in Interpretation, Agency, Structure and Ideology; Chapter 4 - Marchall McLuhan and the Cultural Medium: Space, Time and Implosion in the Global Village; Chapter 5 - Baudrillard's Blizzards: Postmodernity, Mass Communications and Symbolic Exchenge

Chapter 6 - New Media and the Information Society: Schiller, Castells, Virilio and Cyber femininismConclusion; Glossary; Notes; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781446237045

1446237044

9780761973621

0761973621

9781281798282

1281798282

9781848605169

1848605161

OCLC:

476176954