A brilliant powerful and important book....This is a brutal indictment Postman has laid down and, so far as I can see, an irrefutable one. --Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post Book World
Do the mainstream media have a liberal bias? Sure they do, everyone knows that, says CBS veteran and New York Times bestselling author Bernard Goldberg. But the media crossed an important line in the 2008 presidential race, moving from their usual unthinking liberal bias to crass partisanship of the crudest kind, practically acting as spin doctors ...
A comprehensive overview of the equipment, techniques, and approaches that have made successful photojournalists excel at their profession. This is the second edition of a book based on years of experience of both the author, Ken Kobre, and many contemporary leading photojournalists who were interviewed by the author. It provides a path for ...
This up-to-date, reader-friendly presentation of the mass media helps instructors use the media to teach the media and explore its excitement, complexity, and impact on our lives. Widely praised for his ability to make learning interesting, Vivian's story-telling style excites students as they explore the ever-changing subject of mass ...
This text encourages students to be active media consumers and gives them a deeper understanding of the role that the media play in both shaping and reflecting culture. Through this cultural perspective, students learn that audience members are as much a part of the mass communication process as are the media producers, technologies, and ...
This engaging new text introduces students to the world of media through a unique structure that makes the material easily intelligible and meaningful to their lives. Each chapter is divided into three-part narrative sections: history, industry, and controversy. "Mass Media in a Changing World" is the story of where the media came from, why they ...
You can trust Hilliard's WRITING FOR TELEVISION, RADIO, AND NEW MEDIA to provide you with thorough and up-to-date coverage of the principles, techniques, and approaches of writing for television, radio, and the Internet, including writing for a variety of formats such as interviews, sports, advertisements, scripts, and news. Hilliard's vast ...
MASS MEDIA RESEARCH begins with an overview of mass communication research and ethics of research. It then explores each major approach to research, including qualitative research, content analysis, survey research, longitudinal research, and experimental research. The text continues with a section on data analysis and concludes with a forward ...
"Taking Sides: Clashing Views in Mass Media" presents current controversial issues in a debate-style format designed to stimulate student interest and develop critical thinking skills. Each issue is thoughtfully framed with an issue summary, an issue introduction, and a postscript. An instructor's manual with testing material is available for each ...
Updated to reflect recent changes on the Internet and World Wide Web, this popular guide offers solid, practical wisdom on writing, editing, printing, publishing, promoting, marketing, and distributing books. "Dan Poynter is at his best discussing . . . starting one's own publishing house".--Publishers Weekly
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Russell Baker offers readers a second volume of memoirs--a sequel to his bestselling Growing Up--which begins in 1947 when he lands a $30-a-week job with the Baltimore Sun. The stirring story of a man who made it with dignity and his values intact--now available in paperback, just in time for Father's Day.
ONLY CONNECT is a comprehensive history of American broadcasting from its earliest days in radio, through the rise of television, to the current era of digital media and the Internet. It presents broadcasting as a vital component of American cultural identity, placing the development of U.S. radio, television, and new media in the context of ...
Founded in 1925 as a humor magazine under the editorial genius of Harold Ross, The New Yorker magazine quickly became one of the most popular and literate publications in America. THE COMPLETE NEW YORKER presents the entire run from 1925 through February, 2005--every issue from cover to cover, in sequence, on 8 DVDs, with all the cartoons, fiction ...
This text introduces students to the operations underlying multiple-camera video production. Written in an accessible style that appeals to students, it covers the basics of television production with an emphasis on studio production. While the main focus is on equipment and techniques that students use, "Video Production" also covers more ...
Well-known for its balanced approach to media industries and professions, "Dynamics of Mass Communication" offers a lively, thorough, and objective introduction for mass communication majors and nonmajors alike. This new edition embraces the digital age with a free Student DVD that adds video and interactivity to the student's textbook experience ...
"Major Principles of Media Law" is a comprehensive and concise summary of media law. The text offers a lawyer's grasp of current cases and a teacher's grasp of the key principles of communication law. The text is revised every year to include the most recent developments in communication law through the end of the Supreme Court's term. Each August ...
In 1977, Jeremy Tunstall published the landmark The Media Are American . In it, he argued that while much of the mass media originated in Europe and elsewhere, the United States dominated global media because nearly every mass medium became industrialized within the United States. With this provocative follow-up, Tunstall chronicles the massive ...
Provides a variety of debates surrounding issues in mass media and society, including body image in the media, tobacco advertising, regulation of Internet access, and African American stereotypes in television.
Although there may not be a consensus on what the media's role in politics is or should be, it is clear that the media's pervasive influence has profoundly changed politics in America. In this collection of 37 essays (15 of them new to this edition), Graber explores the history of mass media and its ability to shape political agendas. The new ...
Albarran extends his broad perspective approach to provide students with the most accurate and current information on the management techniques and strategies used in the electronic media industry. Succinctly written and up to date, the book covers the most important aspects for future managers in the broadcast, cable, radio and new media ...
Trace the history of communications, from hieroglyphics to the information superhighway. Stunning photographs and text highlight the most important aspects of the communications world. Color photographs throughout.
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Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology
