Media/Society: Technology, Industries, Content, and Users

by David R. Croteau, William Hoynes, Clayton Childress

Overview

Winner of the 2022 Textbook&Academic Authors Association′s The McGuffey Longevity Award

Media/Society: Technology, Industries, Content, and Users helps students understand the relationship between media and society and gets them to think critically about recent media developments. Authors David Croteau, William Hoynes, and new co-author Clayton Childress take an interdisciplinary approach with a sociological focus to answer questions like How do people use the media in their everyday lives? and How has the evolution of technology affected the media and how we use them? The Seventh Edition incorporates the latest scholarship and data that address enduring media topics, as well as new concerns raised by the role of digital platforms, the impact of misinformation online, and the role of media during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781071819340
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	06/14/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	520
Sales rank:	562,630
File size:	32 MB
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About the Author

David Croteau taught about the sociology of media as an Associate Professor (retired) in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Virginia Commonwealth University. He is the author of Politics and the Class Divide: Working People and the Middle-Class Left and co-author, with William Hoynes, of Experience Sociology.

William Hoynes is Professor of Sociology and former Director of the Media Studies Program at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York, where he teaches courses on media, culture, and social theory. He is the author of Public Television for Sale: Media, the Market, and the Public Sphere and co-author, with David Croteau, of Experience Sociology.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
PART I • INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1 • Media/Society in a Digital World
PART II • TECHNOLOGY
Chapter 2 • The Evolution of Media Technology
PART III • INDUSTRY
Chapter 3 • The Economics of the Media Industry
Chapter 4 • Political Influence on Media
Chapter 5 • Media Organizations and Professionals
PART IV • CONTENT: MEDIA REPRESENTATIONS OF THE SOCIAL WORLD
Chapter 6 • Media and Ideology
Chapter 7 • Social Inequality and Media Representation
PART V • USERS
Chapter 8 • Audiences and Creators
Chapter 9 • Media Influence
PART VI • AFTERWORD
Chapter 10 • Globalization and the Future of Media
References
Index
About the Authors

Editorial Reviews

Media/Society gives students a comprehensive picture of the present-day media, media-related issues, and the future. Current controversial issues like electronic surveillance, privacy and national security, and political influence on the media have been carefully explained by the authors.”

Abhijit Sen

I have finally found a textbook that places media research in a historical perspective and that also includes a comprehensive section on the media and its relationship to ideology, politics, and culture.”

Jane Bloodworth Rowe

It comes at the sociology of media from every angle, providing in-depth discussion of how media are shaped, consumed, and disseminated.”

Stephen Hagan

The book provides a sound analysis of the contemporary issues in media representations and conceptual approaches to the understanding of media and media technology.”

Ola Ogunyemi

The best text to help students understand the often-complicated, ever-changing relationship between media and society.”

Seong-Jae Min