Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-395) and index.
Contents
I: Media/society -- 1. Media and the social world -- II: Production: the media industry and the social world -- 2. The economics of the media industry -- 3. Political influence on media -- 4. Media organizations and professionals -- III: Content: media representations of the social world -- 5. Media and ideology -- 6. Social inequality and media representation -- IV: Audiences: meaning and influence -- 7. Media influence and the political world -- 8. Active audiences and the construction of meaning -- 9. Media technology and social change -- V: Globalization and the future -- 10. Media in a changing global culture.