Mass Media Revolution
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Key ACEJMC Learning Objectives -- Preface -- Features of the Third Edition -- About the Authors -- Acknowledgments -- Section I: Paving the Way to Today's Mass Media -- 1 Introduction to the Mass Media Revolution -- The Style and Approach of Mass Media Revolution -- Media as Storytellers -- Inspiring Debate Through Bias and Controversy -- Experience and Scholarship -- Applying Historical Context to Mass Media -- Studying the Mass Media -- Media Convergence -- Mass Media Defined -- Theoretical Building Blocks of Mass Media -- Passive and Active Media -- Media Framing -- The Humanistic Approach to Communication -- Linking the Medium and the Message -- Audience Trends -- Why Research Audiences? -- Culture and Mass Media: Sharing What We Know -- The Challenge of Cross-Cultural Communication -- The Media's Influence on Religion and Beliefs -- Global Access, Global Threats -- From My Village to the Global Village -- Proximity and Media Space -- Media Hegemony -- Mass Media Convergence in the Digital Age -- Dealing With Information Bombardment -- Media Access Versus Media Overload -- Conclusion: Understanding New Mass Media from a Critical Perspective -- 2 Mass Media: A Brief Historical Narrative -- The Roots of Mass Media Networks -- The Storytellers -- The Scribes -- The Visual Artists -- Arts, Artists and the Renaissance -- The Power and Influence of Media Publishers -- The Birth of Modern Mass Media -- Printing and Politics -- The Newsmakers -- The Rise of Yellow Journalism and Penny Presses -- The First Media War in the United States -- The Photographers -- The Impact of Music and Images on Culture and Society -- The Music-Makers -- The Radio Broadcasters -- The Filmmakers -- The Television Producers -- The Birth of Television Broadcast Systems