That the media world is changing at a dizzying pace is a statement of the obvious. Yet, some things do remain constant. There are principles of media literacy, which once students have mastered, arm them with the tools and critical thinking they need to be savvy and self-aware c…
Constituting a new television genre, live broadcasts of "historic" events have become world rituals which, according to Dayman and Katz, have the potential for transforming societies even as they transfix viewers around the globe. Analyzing such public spectacles as the Olympic …
Da sempre Chomsky si interroga sul ruolo politico degli intellettuali - i "nuovi mandarini"--Nella società occidentale. Qui analizza in particolare la funzione svolta dei mass media (americani ma non solo) in un sistema in cui la popolazione non può essere disciplinata con la fo…
Providing a framework for understanding the relationship between media and society, this updated Sixth Edition of Media/Society helps you develop the skills you need to critically evaluate both conventional wisdom and your own assumptions about the social role of the media. Auth…
