Big Media, Big Money - Cultural Texts and Political Economics

Informationen zum Autor Ronald V. Bettig, Jeanne Lynn Hall Klappentext Big Media, Big Money is a lively and scathing critique of the contemporary communications industry. With three new chapters on the film industry, the music industry, and "ad creep," the second edition takes a critical look at the ways that mass media and corporations shape our education, entertainment, and culture. Zusammenfassung Big Media, Big Money is a lively and scathing critique of the contemporary communications industry. With three new chapters on the film industry, the music industry, and “ad creep,” the second edition takes a critical look at the ways that mass media and corporations shape our education, entertainment, and culture. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction: Beat the Press Chapter 2 Media Merger Mania: Concentration in the Media Industry Chapter 3 The Hollywood Film Industry: Do We Really Need It? Chapter 4 The Music Industry: The Payer Calls the Tune Chapter 5 The News and Advertising Industries: All the News That Fits Chapter 6 Ad Creep: The Commercialization of Culture Chapter 7 The Commercialization of Education: Students for Sale Chapter 8 Media and Democracy: Taking it to the Streets Acknowledgments

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Ronald V. Bettig, Ronald V. Hall Bettig, Ronald V./ Hall Bettig, Bettig Ronald V., Jeanne Lynn Hall, Hall Jeanne Lynn
• Verlag: Rowman and Littlefield
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 04.05.2012
• EAN: 9781442204270
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-0427-0
• Seiten: 384
• Themen: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Medien, Kommunikation > Allgemeines, Lexika; Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, Media and society