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The Whole World Is Watching The Whole World Is Watching Todd Gitlin "The whole world is watching!" chanted the demonstrators in the Chicago streets in 1968, as the TV cameras beamed images of police cracking heads into homes everywhere. Acclaimed media critic Todd Gi… OL15215145W
Fighting for air Fighting for air Eric Klinenberg An investigative work on the corporate takeover of local news and what it means for all Americans. Sociologist Klinenberg takes us into the world of preprogrammed radio shows, empty television news s… OL15836269W
Cross-Media Ownership and Democratic Practice in Canada Cross-Media Ownership and Democratic Practice in Canada Lydia A. Miljan,Walter C. Soderlund,Colette Brin,Kai Hildebrandt This is the first in-depth analysis of major French- and English-Canadian news companies to show the impact of cross-media ownership on the diversity of new content. Surprisingly, the study lays to r… OL16795822W
Handbook of emotions and mass media Handbook of emotions and mass media Elly Konijn,Katrin Döveling,Christian von Scheve xiii, 422 p. : 26 cm OL18698329W
New Media New Media Terry Flew xv, 270 pages ; 25 cm OL20100396W
Media Today Media Today Joseph Turow How do books, newspapers, music recordings, movies, television shows, and online sites get made? How does content in different media get funded, produced and delivered to the right audiences? Why do … OL2025401W
Les clés de l'info Les clés de l'info Elisabeth Combres Une première partie dresse un panorama des médias et insiste sur l'importance des métiers de l'information dans une démocratie, détaillant la fabrication de l'information. La seconde partie s'attache… OL21178132W
Le contrôle de la parole Le contrôle de la parole André Schiffrin Après cinq ans, l'éditeur new-yorkais retrace les étapes et les conséquences des changements intervenus dans l'édition française, la presse et les autres médias : l'affaire Vivendi-Wendel, le rachat … OL24158831W
Communication, culture and hegemony Communication, culture and hegemony Jesús Martín B. "Important contribution to Latin American cultural studies focuses on popular culture within a general theory of hegemony. Also relates how mass media define national identities"--Handbook of Latin A… OL2428292W
Reporting the EU Reporting the EU Lloyd, John Annotation OL24694532W
Mass media Mass media Marsha Jones,Emma Jones This is an up-to-date lively text that offers comprehensive coverage of this exciting and popular topic. It is based on an active-learning approach and offers many activities that enable students to … OL24841794W
Sociologie de la communication et des médias Sociologie de la communication et des médias Éric Maigret Présentation des grandes théories de la communication en soulignant l'apport spécifique de la sociologie et tableau précis des travaux motivés par l'évolution des genres. OL27312218W
L'économie des médias L'économie des médias Nadine Toussaint-Desmoulins Livre une analyse économique des médias prenant en compte les facteurs communs aux autres services marchands et les facteurs spécifiques. S'attarde sur les coûts de production, de distribution et sur… OL29230027W
The Media The Media Brian Dutton A discussion of media, their production, and audience, with the intention of integrating the topic into a study of sociology. OL5255111W
Boundaries of dissent Boundaries of dissent Bruce D'Arcus Boundaries of Dissent looks at the way that political protest, as it is shaped through the space-time collapsing power of media, questions national identity and state authority. Through this lens of … OL5823109W
What liberal media? What liberal media? Eric Alterman "The question of whose interests the media protects - and how - has achieved holy-grail-like significance. Is media bias keeping us from getting the whole story? If so, who is at fault? Is it the lib… OL67028W
Media effects and society Media effects and society Elizabeth M. Perse "Media Effects and Society provides an in-depth look at media effects and offers a theoretical foundation for understanding mass media's impact on individuals and society. Working from the assumption… OL7797683W
Understanding Media Understanding Media Marshal McLuhan,Marshall McLuhan The author examines all types of communication including photographs, ads, games, television, radio, telephone, comics, numbers, money, clothing, movies, recordings, housing, and weapons. OL871783W
Manufacturing Consent Manufacturing Consent Quebec) Institute of Policy Alternatives (Montreal,Mark Achbar,Peter Wintonick Explores the political life and times of the controversial author, linguist, and dissident, Noam Chomsky. As an outspoken critic of the press, Chomsky maintains that our much-acclaimed democratic fre… OL8819455W
Moral Threats and Dangerous Desires Moral Threats and Dangerous Desires Deborah Lupton Since 1981, AIDS has had an enormous impact upon the popular imagination. Few other diseases this century have been greeted with quite the same fear, loathing, and prejudice against those who develop… OL9487315W
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