It is the hope of the authors that this book will bridge the 'credibility gap' between firsthand experience and the mediated version. Today, questions relating to the media and ...

This up-to-date, engaging presentation of the mass media helps readers use the media to teach the media and explore its excitement, complexity, and impact on our lives. Widely ...

"Lance Strate takes the reader on a journey through the interdisciplinary, communication-centered field of media ecology, the study of media as environments, a field that ...

The third edition of this best–selling introductory reader in sociology has been thoroughly restructured, and fully revised and updated to offer a stimulating and wide–ranging ...

Consistently praised for its engaging writing style, currency, and visual appeal, MEDIA/IMPACT introduces students to today's converged mass media?its industries and support ...