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