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The Handbook of Media and Mass Communication Theory presents a comprehensive collection of original essays that focus on all aspects of current and classic theories and practices relating to media and mass communication.
2 Volumes
Robert S. Fortner is Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication at the American University in Bulgaria. He is the author or editor of seven books and almost 100 essays.
P. Mark Fackler is Professor of Communication at Calvin College. He has written extensively on topics relating to communication and journalism ethics.
Volume I
Introduction
Section 1: Classical Theories of Media and the Press
1. Classical Liberal Theory in a Digital World
Stephen J. A. Ward
2. A Brief History of Early Media Theory
Robert S. Fortner
3. Political Economic Theory and Research: Conceptual Foundations and Current Trends
Vincent Mosco
4. Semiotics and the Media
Bronwen Martin
5. Symbolic Interactionism and the Media
Norman K. Denzin
6. The Use of Theory in Media Effects Research
W. James Potter
7. Cultivation Theory: Its History, Current Status and Future Directions
Daniel Romer, Patrick Jamieson, Amy Bleakley & Kathleen Hall Jamieson
8. Media Ecology: Contexts, Concepts, and Currents
Casey Man Kong Lum
9. Dramatistic Theory: A Burkeian Approach to the 2004 Madrid Terrorist Attacks
Cristina Zurutuza Muñoz
10. Ritual Theory and the Media
John J. Pauly
11. Jacques Ellul and the Nature of Propaganda in the Media
Randal Marlin
12. Technics and Communication: Cities, Technology, Culture and Ecology in the Digital Age
Robert S. Fortner
13. The Impact of Ethics on Media and Press Theory
Clifford G. Christians
Section 2: Audiences, Social Construction & Social Control
14. Media Setting the Agenda for the Public Sphere
Maxwell E. McCombs and Lei Guo
15. Uses and Gratifications (U&G) Approach as a Lens for Studying Social Media Practice
Anabel Quan-Haase and Alyson L. Young
16. The Media’s Impact on Perceptions of Political Polarization
Jeffrey Crouch and Mark J. Rozell
17. The Cultural Construction of News: From Doing Work to Making Meanings
Daniel A. Berkowitz and Zhengjia Liu
18. Media, Civil Society and the Public Sphere: History and Current Thinking
Robert S. Fortner, Ann Snesareva and Ksenia Tsitovich
19. The Genesis of Social Responsibility Theory: William Hocking and Positive Freedom
Clifford G. Christians and Mark Fackler
Section 3: New Approaches and Reconsiderations
20. Feminist Media Theory
Linda Steiner
21. Media, Communication and Post-colonial Theory
Shanti Kumar
22. Reconceptualizing ‘Cultural Imperialism’ in the Current Era of Globalization
Mel van Elteren
23. Al-Jazeera Remaps Global News Flow
Catherine Cassara
24. Non-violence as a Communication Strategy: An Introduction to the Rhetoric of Peacebuilding
Ellen W. Gorsevski
25. Globalization and Cultural Identities: A Contradiction in Terms?
Ana Christina Correia Gil
26. Cultivation Theory in the Twenty-first Century
Nancy Signorielli, Michael Morgan, and James Shanahan
27. Media Theory and Media Policy: Worlds Apart
Cees Hamelink
Volume II
Section 4: Media Theory and New Technologies
28. The Philosophy of Technology and Communication Systems
Clifford G. Christians
29. Theoretical Perspectives on the Social Construction of Technologies
Robert S. Fortner and Darya V. Yanitskaya
30. Dangerous Liaisons: Media Gaming and Violence
Ran Wei and Brett A. Borton
31. Personal and Political Empowerment through Social Networking
Jarice Hanson
32. Global Communication Divides and Equal Rights to Communicate
Carolyn A. Lin
33. Citizenship and Consumption: Media Theory in the Age of Twitter
Kevin Cummings and Cynthia Gottshall
34. Round Pegs in Square Holes: Is Mass Communication Theory a Useful Tool in Conducting Internet Research?
Christine Ogan
35. How Global is the Internet? Reflections on Economic, Cultural and Political Dimensions of the Networked “Global Village”
Kai Hafez
Section 5: Theory Case Studies
36. Nationalism and Imperialism
Mingsheng Li
37. Media Control in China
Zheng Li
38. The Construction of National Image in Media and the Management of Intercultural Conflicts
Xiaodong Dai and Guo-Ming Chen
39. Play Theory and Public Media: A Case Study in Kenya Editorial Cartoons
Mark Fackler and Levi Obonyo
40. Contemporary Chinese Communication Scholarship: An Emerging Alternative Paradigm
Wenshan Jia, Hailong Liu, Runzi Wang & Xinchuan Liu
41. Al-Jazeera and Dr. Laura: Is a Global Islamic Reformist Media Ethics Theory Possible?
Haydar Badawi Sadig
42. Media Ethics Theories in Africa
Herman Wasserman
43. Censorship of the Media and Terrorism
Kasun Ubayasiri
44. Blending East-West Philosophies to Metatheorize Mediatization and Revise the News Paradigm
Shelton A. Gunaratne
45. Buddhist Understandings of Media
Wimal Dissanayake
46. Jewish Communication Theory: Biblical Law and Contemporary Media Practice
Yoel Cohen
47. A Theological Theory of Communication: God Still Speaks
P. Mark Fackler
48. Theorizing about the Press in Post-Soviet Societies
Igor E. Klyukanov and Galina V. Sinekopova
49. Internet and Political Activism in Post-revolutionary Iran
Babak Rahimi
Conclusion
50. Future Directions in Media Theory
P. Mark Fackler and Robert S. Fortner
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