Hodkinson, Paul.

Media, culture and society : an introduction / Paul Hodkinson. - Second edition. - xi, 326 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Media technologies -- Media industry -- Media content -- Media users -- Media as manipulation? Marxism and ideology -- The construction of news -- Public service or personal entertainment? Controlling media orientation -- Decline of the national public: commercialization, fragmentation and globalization -- Media, ethnicity and diaspora -- Media, gender and sexuality -- Media communities: subcultures, fans and identity groups -- Saturation, fluidity and loss of meaning.

9781473902367 9781473902350

2016939482


Mass media.
Mass media--Social aspects.
Popular culture.

P94.6 / .H63 2017

302.23