Media Today: An Introduction to Mass Communication

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Routledge, 22 thg 9, 2011 - 656 trang

Media Today gives your students the media literacy skills they need to think critically about the role of media in their lives. This book uses a media systems approach to look closely at the production, distribution, and exhibition of media, from Hollywood films to Facebook, to discover cultural, political, and economic forces that shape media now. Completely revised and updated, this 4th edition connects the latest trends, debates, and technologies to the history of media, highlighting the impact and meaning of today's changes to the media landscape, especially how traditional industry boundaries have blurred with digital convergence. Students and instructors will find a full range of supporting materials including interactive quizzes and online video resources at www.routledge.com/textbooks/mediatoday4e.

 

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Llnderstanding the Nature of Mass Media
2
The Recording Industry 328
Making Sense of the Media Business 34
Understanding Mass Media and the Importance of Media
and Ethics
Regulating Information After Distribution 80
Economic Regulation 97
The Struggle with tioyernment oyer Information Cathering 100
The Rise of Cable Teleyision 449
Weekly Newspapers 275
The Technology of Publishing the Paper 285
Building Readership 288
Media Literacy and the Newspaper Industry 291
The Magazine Industry 236
Market Segmentation 309
Producing the Magazine as a Brand 313

The Role of Ethics 112
Making Sense of Research on Media Effects and Media Culture 120
The Early Years of Mass Media Research in the United
Consolidating the Mainstream Approach 133
The Rise of Critical Approaches 137
Where Do You Stand with Respect to Media Effects? 147
Part Two Media Giants and CrossMedia Actiyities 154
Part Two Media Ciants and CrossMedia Actiyities 154
Audience Segmentation 160
Distribution of Products Across Media Boundaries 163
Conglomeration 173
Digital Conyergence 177
Understanding the Strategies of Media Ciants 132
6Understandin he rate ie of Me ia iants 1 2
News Corporation 202
Part Three The Print Media 224
The Book Industry Today 235
Yariety and Specialization in Book Publishing 238
Production at a Uniyersity Press 241
Reducing the Risks of Failure During the Production Process 245
Distribution in the Book Industry 248
Me ia Li er c an he Book In r 252
The Newspaper Industry 258
A Readership Reyolution 265
er ie of the Modern Ne er In 11 tr 271
Exhibition and the Magazine Industry 318
Part Four The Electronic Media 326
The Radio Industry 364
Network Programming 370
Challenges of Fragmentation and Digitization 1970 to
AM ys FM Technology 377
Distribution in the Radio Industry 388
The Moyie Industry 404
Traditional and Qnline Yideo Stores 433
The Tele ision Indu tr 444
A Fragmented Teleyision Era 451
Production in the Teleyision Industry 459
Distribution in the Teleyision Industry 469
Exhibition in the Bro c In r 474
Part Fi Ad erti in and Pu lic Relation 524
Part Fiye Adyertising and Public Relations 524
tribu ion in the A erti in Industr 4
Threats to Traditional Adyertising 546
Spiraling Clutter 553
The Public Relations Industry 558
Exhibition in the Public Relations Industry 580
Direct Marketing 584
Epilogue 595
Index 606
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Joseph Turow is Robert Lewis Shayon Professor of Communication and Associate Dean for Graduate Studies at the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School for Communication. Professor Turow is an elected Fellow of the International Communication Association and was presented with a Distinguished Scholar Award by the National Communication Assn. A 2005 New York Times Magazine article referred to Professor Turow as "probably the reigning academic expert on media fragmentation." He has authored nine books, edited five books, and written more than 100 articles on mass media industries.

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