'The Social Animal' offers an introduction to modern social psychology. Elliot Aronson probes the patterns and motives of human behaviour, covering topics as diverse as conformity, obedience, politics, and advertising
McQuail's Mass Communication Theory has been the benchmark for studying mass communication theory for more than 25 years. It remains the most authoritative and comprehensive introduction to the field and still offers unmatched coverage of the research literature. The Sixth Editi…
Media is everywhere but is often a poor source of information. Covering print, photography, film, radio, television, and new media, this textbook instructs readers on how to take a critical approach to media and interpret the information overload that is disseminated via mass co…
Everyday millions of people interact with the news media and yet most of them are completely unaware of the rules of the game. The results are predictable: a few benefit from the most powerful marketing force on the planet, some suffer serious damage, others don't maximize their…
This encyclopedia offers an interdisciplinary perspective on political, technological, psychological, cultural and economic aspects of media and communications on the international scene.
In a series of case studies from Asia, Africa, North and South America, Europe, the Middle East and Australia, the contributors explore relationships between media, power and society in a variety of regional and national contexts, and the effects of globalization. They also conf…
En beskrivelse af, hvordan mediernes nyhedsdækning af krige og uroligheder i TV og over Internettet påvirker folks opfattelse af de ofte meget voldsomme og grusomme billeder
Part I. The declaration 1. The context: a movement towards a new international information order Strategies in the 1970s: forces in confrontation truce: process through Compromise the 1980s: contradictions continued the concept of NIIO 2. The shaping: a history of the prepar…
Brings together the main sub-topics of communication studies - text analysis, business communication, mass communication, the media industry and film. Drawing from popular culture examples, this book explains the concepts that guide the study of communication in its various form…
Provides a comprehensive and historically based introduction to mass communication theory. This title traces the emergence of two main bodies of mass communication theory: social/behavioral and critical/cultural