Media Edge: Media Logic and Social Reality

by David L. Altheide

Overview

This book challenges social science to address the most important social change since the industrial revolution: the mediated communication order. From the internet to the NSA, he shows how media logic has transformed audiences into personal networks guided by social media.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781433126444
Publisher:	Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Publication date:	10/30/2014
Pages:	200
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

David Altheide, PhD, is Emeritus Regents' Professor on the faculty of Justice and Social Inquiry in the School of Social Transformation at Arizona State University.

Table of Contents

Contents: Media Logic, Social Power, and Fear – Symbolic Interaction Illuminates the Mediated World – Media Dramas and the Social Construction of Reality – Terrorism and Fear Post 9/11 – Terrorism and the National Security University – Risk Communication and the Discourse of Fear – Shielding Risk – Our Mediated Condition.

Editorial Reviews

«Written in a very congenial style, the book provides the reader with stimulating insights on increasingly important issues for media, citizens, and democracy.» (Gianpietro Mazzoleni, University of Milan, Italy)
«Altheide argues that we have become swamped by a superfluity of media sources and outlets and so are forced to retreat to the most vivid and memorable – and fearful – of these voices, those that invoke the most simplistic images and solutions. Provocative and convincing – a must-read for anyone interested in our Fourth Estate.» (Erich Goode, Sociology Professor Emeritus, Stony Brook University)

«Written in a very congenial style, the book provides the reader with stimulating insights on increasingly important issues for media, citizens, and democracy.» (Gianpietro Mazzoleni, University of Milan, Italy)
«Altheide argues that we have become swamped by a superfluity of media sources and outlets and so are forced to retreat to the most vivid and memorable – and fearful – of these voices, those that invoke the most simplistic images and solutions. Provocative and convincing – a must-read for anyone interested in our Fourth Estate.» (Erich Goode, Sociology Professor Emeritus, Stony Brook University)

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