Media/Impact - An Introduction to Mass Media (Paperback, 5th Revised edition)

Providing a thorough overview of each major medium, this text's discussion is enhanced by three integrated themes: media as business; media and technological change; and media and political, social, and cultural institutions. It includes a focused examination of the history, ethics, regulation and technology that surrounds and controls the media. It explores and concludes with critical arguments about the overall effects of media today as well as economic, social, cultural, and political consequences of the media on society.