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9781405149358

Media and Society into the 21st Century A Historical Introduction

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  • ISBN13:

    9781405149358

  • ISBN10:

    1405149353

  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2009-02-17
  • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

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Media and Society into the 21st Centurycaptures the breathtaking revolutionary sweep of mass media from the late 19th century to the present day. Updated and expanded new edition including coverage of recent media developments and the continued impact of technological change Newly reworked chapters on media, war, international relations, and new media A new "Web 2.0" section explores the role of blogging, social networking, user-generated content, and search media in media landscape

Author Biography

Lyn Gorman is Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President and was previously Dean, Faculty of Arts, Charles Sturt University. Her publications include numerous works on media history and on war and society.

David McLean is Senior Lecturer and Program Coordinator at Charles Sturt University, Australia. He has been a Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellow, a Harold White Fellow at the National Library of Australia, and a winner of the Stuart L. Bernath Scholarly Article Prize of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Press as a Mass Medium
The Development of the Film Industry
The Growth of Radio Broadcasting
The Rise of Advertising
Propaganda in Peace and War
Cold War and Communications
Television and Consumer Societies
Media, Information, and Entertainment
Media, War, and International Relations
The Rise of New Media
Globalization and Media
Conclusion
Notes
Further Reading
Index
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