The Mass Media
In: Parliamentary affairs: a journal of representative politics, Band 54, Heft 3, S. 553-554
ISSN: 0031-2290
In: Parliamentary affairs: a journal of representative politics, Band 54, Heft 3, S. 553-554
ISSN: 0031-2290
In: International journal of politics, culture and society, Band 2, Heft 3, S. 414-419
ISSN: 0891-4486
Franco Ferrarotti's book, The End of Conversation: The Impact of Mass Media on Modern Society (see IRPS No. 38/87c00823), is contrasted briefly with works by David L. Altheide, Robert P. Snow, Joshua Meyrowitz, & others (eg, Altheide's Media Power [see IRPS No. 30/85c00539]), who agree that the major effect of the mass media on our lives is not their content per se, but rather, their logic, styles, & formats, which influence other domains of everyday life. Ferrarotti argues that the impact of the logic & form of the mass media has changed the spatial-temporal logic that underscored earlier communication patterns -- eg, those involved with conversation -- & the future of Western civilization is in jeopardy because of it. His critiques of TV & other visual media stress, ironically, that it is the sound of these media that has influenced our "ear" & that cultures are now more attuned to how things sound. It is concluded that social interaction & social order are joined through communication forms as product & producer of everyday life. AA
In: The Parliamentarian: journal of the parliaments of the Commonwealth, Band 71, Heft 2, S. 119-120
ISSN: 0031-2282
THE LEGISLATURE HAS BEEN ACCORDED A SPECIAL POSITION AND ROLE IN PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY. LEGISLATORS CLAIM THE RIGHT TO VOICE BOTH THE CONSCIENCE AND THE CONSENSUS OF SOCIETY. HOWEVER, BECAUSE THEY CANNOT POSSIBLY INTERACT DIRECTLY WITH THE WHOLE OF SOCIETY, LEGISLATORS MUST USE INTERMEDIARIES--THE MAJOR ONE BEING THE MASS MEDIA. THIS HAS BROUGHT THE LEGISLATORS AND THE MEDIA TO A POINT WHERE THEY ARE INDISPENSABLE TO ONE ANOTHER. INDEED, THEIR ROLES ARE COMPLEMENTARY.
In: Journalism quarterly: JQ ; devoted to research in journalism and mass communication, Band 48, Heft 3, S. 519-525
ISSN: 0196-3031, 0022-5533
In: The annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Band 417, S. 86-100
ISSN: 0002-7162
Mass media (MM) have been described as all-pervasive cultural institutions which both reflect & project society's values. They are shown to have played a role throughout history, whenever new developments have threatened established values, & often are singled out as important facilitators & accelerators of social change. As such, it is not surprising that various charges have been leveled against the MM for their purported role in the recent & significant escalation of psychoactive drug use & abuse. Some critics have attempted to relate the act of viewing or experiencing the MM to problems of drug use; others have focused their charges on, & label as villains, the contents of the media, as in advertising, TV entertainment, & popular song lyrics. Some of these accusations are examined, & the issues & the evidence in the current controversy over the role of MM in the use & abuse of psychoactive drugs are explored. HA.
In: Democracy & nature: the international journal of inclusive democracy ; D & N, Band 5, Heft 1, S. 95-110
ISSN: 1085-5661, 1045-7224
In: Democracy & nature: the international journal of inclusive democracy ; D & N, Band 5, Heft 1, S. 33-64
ISSN: 1085-5661, 1045-7224
In: The international spectator: a quarterly journal of the Istituto Affari Internazionali, Italy, Band 26, S. 53-68
ISSN: 0393-2729
Analysis of the communications industry in the US and Europe during the 1980s. Discusses business strategy, the decline of public television, increased consumption of communications products, increased functional integration among various media, and technological innovations.
In: American politics quarterly, Band 19, Heft 13, S. 109-139
ISSN: 0044-7803
TRADITIONALLY, POLITICAL COMMUNICATION HAS BEEN DIVIDED INTO TWO COMPONENT AREAS OF RESEARCH, THE PRODUCTION OF CAMPAIGN MESSAGES, AND THE IMPACT OF THIS MESSAGES ON VOTERS' PREDISPOSITIONS AND ACTIONS. IN THE BROAD SUBFIELDS AUTHORS SUMMARIZE AND SYNTHESIZE STUDIES REPRESENTING THESE SUBFIELDS. BECAUSE THE PRODUCTIONS OF CAMPAIGN INFORMATION IS A CRITICAL DETERMINANT OF THE RANGE OF VOTER RESPONSES, AND BECAUSE VOTER RESPONSE ITSELF IS A CRUCIAL DETITICAL COMMUNICATION RESEARCH MUST CONVERGE FOR THE FIELD TO ADVANCE. POL
In: Public opinion quarterly: journal of the American Association for Public Opinion Research, Band 37, Heft 2, S. 159-170
ISSN: 0033-362X
Media growth trends over the past 20 yrs (1950-70) are examined to determine whether they can be interpreted via the 3-stage theory (Colin Clark, CONDITIONS OF ECONOMIC PROGRESS, London: Macmillan, 1957, & others, eg, Daniel Bell). According to this theory, the US entered the 3rd stage (marked by a rapid shift of the work force away from the mfg sector toward the service sector) after WWII. The service sectors are great consumers of specialized media, but do not further the rapid growth of mass communication. On the basis of the theory's propositions, a rapid growth in specialized media & a slowing of the growth of the MM can be expected. Data on volume & growth rate of the gross nat'l product, educ, personal message & mass media systems in the US for 1950-70 support the 3-stage theory. In every case, the growth rate of the more specialized media increased relative to the growth rate of the mass media. The masss media are actually shrinking in size relative to the total economy. The study of modern communication systems should broaden into an analysis of the telephone system, the office communication system, & the perspectives of a total communication system in which the individual in our society is a communicator with a very powerful set of media tools. 7 Tables. Modified HA.
In: The annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Band 417, Heft 1, S. 86-100
ISSN: 1552-3349
Mass media have been described as all- pervasive cultural institutions which both reflect and project society's values. They are shown to have played a role throughout history, whenever new developments have threatened established values, and often are singled out as important facilitators and accelerators of social change. As such, it is not surprising that various charges have been leveled against the mass media for their purported role in the recent and significant escalation of psychoactive drug use and abuse. Some critics have attempted to relate the act of viewing or experiencing the mass media to problems of drug use; others have focused their charges on, and label as villains, the contents of the media, as in advertising, television entertainment and popular song lyrics. The intent of this paper is to examine some of these accusations and to explore the issues and the evidence in the current con troversy over the role of mass media in the use and abuse of psychoactive drugs.
In: Journalism quarterly, Band 48, Heft 3, S. 519-525
A comparison of attitudes of Filipino and Indian students in the U.S. toward the mass media supports a general hypothesis that the media are many things to many people.
In: Law & ethics of human rights, Band 1, Heft 1, S. 169-212
ISSN: 1938-2545
In light of the importance of culture for the autonomy, sense of identity, and self-respect of individuals, cultural minorities have a right that their cultures flourish. Since cultural minorities are frequently in a disadvantaged position in the cultural market-place, a commitment to equality implies that the state ought to take steps to assist these minorities in preserving their cultures. This Article examines the ways the mass media can assist cultural minorities in preserving their cultures. For instance, when the media present contents that relate to the cultures of minorities, individual members of the minority group are exposed to their culture; media designated for cultural groups facilitate dialogue between group members, thus enabling the cultural group to determine which parts of its culture to retain and which parts to change. With that said, contemporary media frequently provide insufficient cultural contents due to the influence of commercial operational logic. This Article examines why the motivation for profit leads to under-production of cultural materials for minorities and to insufficient inclusion of cultural minorities in the public discourse. It is argued that the inequality caused by the media—which provide minorities with too little of the cultural contents so pertinent to the realization of their right to culture—merits corrective intervention. The Article examines possible forms of State intervention with the media on behalf of cultural minorities, taking into consideration that such intervention is a sensitive issue, since it has ramifications concerning the scope of the freedom of the press. Accordingly, it is argued that the State ought to be permitted to create legislation which intervenes, mainly by means of subsidies and structural regulation, to improve the manner in which the media fulfill their roles in a multicultural democracy. In contrast, there should be sparse use of conditionality in the issue of licenses for media operators.
In: British journal of political science, Band 40, Heft 3, S. 663-677
ISSN: 1469-2112
Claims regarding the power of the mass media in contemporary politics are much more frequent than research actually analysing the influence of mass media on politics. Building upon the notion of issue ownership, this article argues that the capacity of the mass media to influence the respective agendas of political parties is conditioned upon the interests of the political parties. Media attention to an issue generates attention from political parties when the issue is one that political parties have an interest in politicizing in the first place. The argument of the article is supported in a time-series study of mass media influence on the opposition parties' agenda in Denmark over a twenty-year period.
In: The international spectator: a quarterly journal of the Istituto Affari Internazionali, Italy, Band 26, Heft 2, S. 53-68
ISSN: 0393-2729
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