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Informationen zum Autor Arthur Asa Berger is professor emeritus of broadcast and electronic communication arts at San Francisco State University. Klappentext Media and Society: A Critical Perspective is a lively, illustrated introduction to the role that the mass media play in our lives, our society, and American culture. Featuring updated examples and expanded material on media theories, ideology, and new technology, the third edition helps students understand their relationship with the media they encounter daily. Zusammenfassung Media and Society: A Critical Perspective is a lively! illustrated introduction to the role that the mass media play in our lives! our society! and American culture. Featuring updated examples and expanded material on media theories! ideology! and new technology! the third edi... Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction: You and the Media: A Consideration Chapter 1: Media in Our Thoughts and Lives Chapter 2: Media Usage in The United States Chapter 3: Semiotics and Media Aesthetics Chapter 4: Media and Textual Analysis Chapter 5: Audiences I: Categories Chapter 6: Audiences II: Effects Chapter 7: The Mass Culture/Mass Society Hypothesis Chapter 8: The Social Impact of New Media Technologies Chapter 9: The Problem of Media Violence Chapter 10: Media and Politics Chapter 11: Media Artists Glossary Bibliography Index