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List of Exhibits | |
Preface | |
Acknowledgments | |
Media/Society | |
Media and the Social World | |
The Importance of Media | |
The Rise of Mass Media | |
Media and Society | |
a Sociology of Media | |
a Model of Media and the Social World | |
Applying the Model: a Civil Rights Movement | |
Conclusion | |
Production: The Media Industry and the Social World | |
The Economics of the Media Industry | |
Changing Patterns of Ownership | |
Consequences of Conglomeration and Integration | |
The Effects of Concentration | |
Mass Media for Profit | |
The Impact of Advertising | |
Conclusion | |
Political Influence on Media | |
The Case of "Pirate Radio" | |
Common Features of Media Regulation Debates | |
The "First Freedom" | |
The "Public Interest" and the Regulation Debate | |
Regulating Media Content and Distribution | |
Informal Political, Social, and Economic Pressure | |
Conclusion | |
Media Organizations and Professionals | |
The Limits of Economic and Political Constraints | |
Decision Making for Profit: Imitation, Hits, and Stars | |
The Organization of Media Work | |
The Rise of User-Generated Content | |
Occupational Roles and Professional Socialization | |
Norms on the Internet, New Media, and New Organizations | |
Conclusion | |
Content: Media Representations of the Social World | |
Media and Ideology | |
What Is Ideology? | |
Theoretical Roots of Ideological Analysis | |
News Media and the Limits of Debate | |
Movies, the Military, and Masculinity | |
Television, Popularity, and Ideology | |
Rap Music as Ideological Critique? | |
Advertising and Consumer Culture | |
Advertising and the Globalization of Culture | |
Conclusion | |
Social Inequality and Media Representation | |
Comparing Media Content and the "Real" World | |
The Significance of Content | |
Race, Ethnicity, and Media Content: Inclusion, Roles, and Control | |
Gender and Media Content | |
Class and the Media | |
Sexual Orientation: Out of the Closet and Into the Media? | |
Conclusion | |
Audiences: Meaning and Influence | |
Media Influence and the Political World | |
Media and Political Elites | |
Media and Individual Citizens | |
Media and Social Movements | |
The Internet and Political News | |
Politics and Entertainment Media | |
Global Media, Global Politics | |
Conclusion | |
Active Audiences and the Construction of Meaning | |
The Active Audience | |
Meanings: Agency and Structure | |
Decoding Media and Social Position | |
The Social Context of Media Use | |
Active Audiences and Interpretive "Resistance" | |
The Pleasures of Media | |
Conclusion | |
Media Technology | |
The Nature of Media Technology | |
Technological Determinism and Its Limits | |
The Social Construction of Media Technologies | |
How Media Technology Matters | |
New Media Technology and Social Forces | |
The Threat to Privacy: The Expansion of Behavioral Targeting | |
In Search of an Audience: The Long Tail and the Fragmentation of Media | |
Using New Technologies | |
Conclusion | |
Globalization and the Future | |
Media in a Changing Global Culture | |
What Is Globalization? | |
The Global Media Industry | |
Global Media Content | |
Global Media Consumption: Limits of the "Global Village" | |
Regulating Global Media | |
Afterword: The Ubiquity of Change and the Future of Media | |
Appendix: Selected Media-Related Internet Resources | |
References | |
Index | |
About the Authors | |
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