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Mass communication theory : foundations, ferment, and future / Stanley J. Baran, Dennis K. Davis.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Wadsworth/ Cengage learning, Belmont, CA : 2009.Edition: 5th edDescription: xxiv, 373 p.; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780495503637 (pbk.) :
  • 0495503630 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • P90 .B285 2008
Contents:
Understanding and evaluating mass communication theory -- Four eras of mass communication theory -- The rise of media industries and mass society theory -- The rise of media theory in the age of propaganda -- Normative theories of mass communication -- The rise of limited-effects theory -- Moving beyond limited effects: focus on functionalism and children -- The emergence of critical and cultural theories of mass communication -- Audience theories: uses, reception, and effects -- Media and society: the rise of media in the social world -- Media and culture theories: meaning-making in the social world -- Afterword: the future of media theory and research.

Includes bibliographical references (p.349-363) and index.

Understanding and evaluating mass communication theory -- Four eras of mass communication theory -- The rise of media industries and mass society theory -- The rise of media theory in the age of propaganda -- Normative theories of mass communication -- The rise of limited-effects theory -- Moving beyond limited effects: focus on functionalism and children -- The emergence of critical and cultural theories of mass communication -- Audience theories: uses, reception, and effects -- Media and society: the rise of media in the social world -- Media and culture theories: meaning-making in the social world -- Afterword: the future of media theory and research.

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