Media Sociology : A Reappraisal / Silvio Waisbord
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TextPublication details: UK : Polity Press, 2013.Description: vi, 298 p. ; 23 cmISBN: - 9780745670560
- 302.23 WAI
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| Standard Loan | Moylish Library Main Collection | 302.23 WAI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 39002100481325 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Where is sociology in contemporary media studies? How do sociological questions and arguments shape media analysis? These are the questions addressed in this timely collection on media sociology.
Sociology was fundamental in defining the analytical boundaries of early media studies, from the study of news and communities to media effects and public opinion, in the first half of the last century. Since then, media sociology has experienced significant changes that have led to new theoretical questions and thematic priorities.
This book aims to reassess the past and present relationship between media studies and sociology. With original contributions from leading scholars, Media Sociology: A Reappraisal examines the significance of sociology for the study of media economics, industries, news, audiences, journalism, and digital technologies, and the links between media and race, gender, and class. As a whole, this much-needed volume takes a retrospective view to trace the evolution of media sociology and assess current research directions.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Introduction: Reappraising Media Sociology (p. 1)
- Part I Media, Institutions, and Politics
- 1 Strategy Follows Structure: A Media Sociology Manifesto (p. 25)
- 2 Linking Media Sociology to Political Development in Trans-Legislative Democracies (p. 46)
- 3 Back to the Future? The Sociology of News and Journalism from Black and White to the Digital Age (p. 63)
- Part II Media Industries and Audiences
- 4 Agency, Social interaction, and Audience Studies (p. 81)
- 5 Media Industry Sociology: Mainstream, Critical, and Cultural Perspectives (p. 98)
- 6 The Political Economy of Media Work and Watching (p. 114)
- Part III Media Representations
- 7 When Media Representation Met Sociology (p. 133)
- 8 Too Little But Not Too Late: Sociological Contributions to Feminist Media Studies (p. 151)
- 9 Media Sociology and the Study of Race (p. 168)
- Part IV Digital Technologies, Self, and Society
- 10 Digital Media Technology and the Spirit of the New Capitalism: What Future for "Aesthetic Critique"? (p. 191)
- 11 Mobile Communication and Mediated Interpersonal Communication (p. 212)
- 12 Sociology and the Socially Mediated Self (p. 224)
- References (p. 248)
- Index (p. 293)