Questioning the media : a critical introduction / editors, John Downing, Ali Mohammadi, Annabelle Sreberny-Mohammadi.

Other author Downing, John (John Derek Hall)
Other author Mohammadi, Ali.
Other author Sreberny, Annabelle.
Format Book
Edition2nd ed.
Publication InfoThousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, ©1995.
Descriptionxxix, 511 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects
Mass media.

Contents I. Introductory perspectives : culture, history, technology. Culture and communication / Alan O'Connor and John Downing -- Forms of media as ways of knowing / Annabelle Sreberny-Mohammadi -- Mediating communication : what happens? / Joshua Meyrowitz -- How are media born and developed? / Brian Winston. II. Media, power, and control. Media in the U.S. political economy / Edward Herman -- Mass media and the U.S. presidency / Cedric J. Robinson -- The tug-of-war over the First Amendment / Donna A. Demac and John Downing -- Control mechanisms of national news making : Britain, Canada, Mexico, and the United States / América Rodríquez -- Western European media : the mixed model under threat / Denis McQuail -- Media in multicultural nations : some comparisons / Andrew Jakubowicz -- Media, dictatorship, and the reemergence of "civil society" / John Downing. III. Audiences and users. The nature of the audience / Ien Ang -- Tracking the audience : personal information and privacy / Oscar H. Gandy, Jr. -- Alternative media and the Boston tea party / John Downing.
Contents IV. Information technologies. Computers and communication / Nikhil Sinha and Allucquére Rosanne Stone -- New communication technologies and deregulation / Donna A. Demac with Liching Sung -- Information imbalance across the globe / Cees J. Hamelink. V. Mass media and popular culture. Gender, representation, and the media / Liesbet van Zoonen -- Advertising and consumer culture / Douglas Zellner -- Racism and the American way of media / Ash Corea -- Cultural imperialism and cultural identity / Ali Mohammadi -- Popular music : between celebration and despair / Keith Negus -- Cinema and communication / Mary Desjardins -- AIDS news and news culture / Kevin Williams and David Miller -- Global news media cover the world / Annabelle Sreberny-Mohammadi -- Myths in and about television : entertainers and economics / Sari Thomas -- Sport and the spectacle / Michael Real.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 494-506).
Issued in other formOnline version: Questioning the media. 2nd ed. Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, c1995
Issued in other formOnline version: Questioning the media. 2nd ed. Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, c1995
LCCN 94048241
ISBN0803971966 (alk. paper : acid-free paper)
ISBN9780803971967 (alk. paper : acid-free paper)
ISBN0803971974 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
ISBN9780803971974 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

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