Mass Media And Society

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Author: Alan Wells

ISBN-10: 1567502881

ISBN-13: 9781567502886

Category: Media - General & Miscellaneous

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About the EditorsPrefacePt. IIntroduction: Mass Media and Society31The Origins of Mass Media in the United States92New Technology and the Future of the Media193How Communication Works51Pt. IIIntroduction: Print Media674The Newspaper Business715The Structural Pluralism, Intermedia Competition, and the Growth of the Corporate Newspaper in the United States856An American in Paris (and Moscow and Berlin and Tokyo)1097The American Magazine Business: An Overview119Pt. IIIIntroduction: Radio and Recording1458Specialization and Competition in Radio1499Meanings of Radio to Teenagers in a Niche-Programming Era16310The Popular Music Industry in Transition18311Orality and Technology: Rap Music and Afro-American Cultural Resistance20712The Emotional Use of Popular Music by Adolescents217Pt. IVIntroduction: Television and Video23113The Evolution of Commercial Television23714Public Service Broadcasting25315Cable Television27116Chips, Flags, and Warnings: The Environment of Controversial Television Programming28917Video Criticism30318The Impact of the Newer Television Technologies on Television Satisfaction317Pt. VIntroduction: News33319Television News: How it Works33720Revisited: How Free Are Reporters?34521Sensationalism Versus Public Affairs Content of Local Television News: Pennsylvania Revisited36122How to Watch Television News: What Can You Do?373Pt. VIIntroduction: Law and Regulation38123Media Ethics Overview38524Mass Media and the Law39325Libel Law and Tabloid News40726Toward a Unifying Regulatory Structure for the Delivery of Broadband Telecommunications Services42127The Channeling Debate: Is Indecency Protected Expression?443Pt. VIIIntroduction: Sex and Violence45328Sex and Indecent Language on Prime Time Television45529Sex and Violence in Slasher Films47130Media Violence479Pt. VIIIIntroduction: Race and Gender50931Race, Ethnicity, and the Media51332From "Beulah" to "Under One Roof": African American Women on Prime-Time Commercial Television52733Women and the Media54134Gender Stereotypes in MTV Commercials: The Beat Goes On557Author Index571Subject Index579