Author: MACKAY, HUGH, EDITOR; O'SULLIVAN, TIM (1952-), EDITOR
Title: The media reader : continuity and transformation / edited by Hugh Mackay and Tim O'Sullivan
Description: London : SAGE 2000. First Edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xiv. 425 p ; 24 cm. Series; Culture. media and identities. Notes; 2000 reprint. This reader provides some of the set readings for the Open University module: D852 Transformations in media culture. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; I. Mass communication and the modern world. The media and modernity / John Thompson -- Corporate dynamics and broadcasting futures / Graham Murdock -- The technology and the society / Raymond Williams -- When old technologies were new : implementing the future / Carolyn Marvin -- The wireless age : radio broadcasting / Patrice Flichy. II. Understanding 'transformations' in media culture. No sense of place : the impact of electronic media on social behavior / Joshua Meyerowitz -- Information technology and the myth of abundance / Anthony Smith -- What information society? / Frank Webster -- Cultural globalisation : placing and displacing the west / John Tomlinson -- The global media in the late 1990s / Edward Herman and Robert McChesney -- Popular culture on a global scale : a challenge for cultural studies? / Simon During.; III. New media for new times. Broadcasting is dead : long live digital choice / Jeanette Steemers -- Making television news in the satellite age / Brent MacGregor -- The virtual community : finding connection in a computerised world / Howard Rheingold -- Identity in the age of the internet / Sherry Turkle -- The development of interactive games / Leslie Haddon. IV. Future perfect? Reimagined communities? : new media. new possibilities / David Morley. Kevin Robbins -- The world wide web of surveillance : the internet and off-world power flows / David Lyon -- In the realm of uncertainty : the global village and capitalist postmodernity / Ien Ang -- Remote control? : politics. technology and 'electronic democracy' / John Street -- An introduction to the information age / Manuel Castells. Summary; 'Alertness to the changing terms of debate. familiarity with the latest scholarship and a shrewd. practical sense of what works in teaching make this collection a very worthwhile addition to course reading lists' - John Corner. University of Liverpool The Media Reader is an essential sourcebook of key statements about transformations in media culture. The Reader explores the technological. economic. social and cultural processes implicated in the production. regulation. circulation and consumption of media forms. It applies theoretical approaches. supported by a range of case studies. to past and present media transformations. Divided into four parts: Mass Communications and the Modern World; Understanding 'Transformations' in Media Culture; New Media for New Times; Future Perfect?. this Reader provides a framework for examining many of the key transformations in the contemporary media environment. It will be an invaluable resource for researchers and students alike. Subjects; Mass media. Mass media — Influence. Communications. Communication. Media studies. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies. ISBN: 0761962506. Weight in Kg appr.:

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