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Informationen zum Autor About the Editors Robert S. Fortner is Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication at the American University in Bulgaria. He is the author or editor of seven books and almost 100 essays. P. Mark Fackler is Professor of Communication at Calvin College, USA. He has written extensively on topics relating to communication and journalism ethics. Klappentext The Handbook of Media and Mass Communication Theory presents a comprehensive series of original essays that focus on all aspects of current and classic theories and practices relating to media and mass communication. While tracing the development of hundreds of media theories or their variants over the past century, this two-volume collection delves deeply into the most prominent and influential theories while providing enlightening case studies of their application in various regional and national contexts. Both empirically based theories and those developing from critical and normative perspectives are included, and international authorship ensures a global perspective of theoretical development. A wide range of topics is explored, including classical theories of media and the press, social construction and control, feminist media theory, globalization and cultural identity, theories of social media and new technologies, future directions in media theory, and many more. Authoritative and comprehensive, The Handbook of Media and Mass Communication Theory sets a new standard in its compilation of the evolution and current state of our knowledge of theories in mass communication. Zusammenfassung The Handbook of Media and Mass Communication Theory presents a comprehensive collection of original essays that focus on all aspects of current and classic theories and practices relating to media and mass communication. Inhaltsverzeichnis Volume I Notes on Contributors ix Introduction xix Part I Classical Theories of Media and the Press 1 1 Classical Liberal Theory in a Digital World 3 Stephen J. A. Ward 2 The Origins of Media Theory: An Alternative View 22 Robert S. Fortner 3 Political Economic Theory and Research: Conceptual Foundations and Current Trends 37 Vincent Mosco 4 Semiotics and the Media 56 Bronwen Martin 5 Symbolic Interactionism and the Media 74 Norman K. Denzin 6 Patterns in the Use of Theory in Media Effects Research 95 W. James Potter 7 Cultivation Theory: Its History, Current Status, and Future Directions 115 Daniel Romer, Patrick Jamieson, Amy Bleakley, and Kathleen Hall Jamieson 8 Media Ecology: Contexts, Concepts, and Currents 137 Casey Man Kong Lum 9 Dramatistic Theory: A Burkeian Approach to the 2004 Madrid Terrorist Attacks 154 Cristina Zurutuza-Muñoz 10 Ritual Theory and the Media 172 John J. Pauly 11 Jacques Ellul and the Nature of Propaganda in the Media 190 Randal Marlin 12 Lewis Mumford: Technics, Civilization, and Media Theory 210 Robert S. Fortner 13 The Impact of Ethics on Media and Press Theory 225 Clifford G. Christians Part II Audiences, Social Construction, and Social Control 249 14 Agenda-Setting Influence of the Media in the Public Sphere 251 Maxwell E. McCombs and Lei Guo 15 The Uses and Gratifications (U&G) Approach as a Lens for Studying Social Media Practice 269 Anabel Quan-Haase and Alyson L. Young 16 The Media's Impact on Perceptions of Political Polarization 287 Jeffrey Crouch and Mark J. Rozell 17 The Social-Cultural Construction of News: From Doing Work to Making Meanings 301 Daniel A. Berkowitz and Zhengjia Liu 18 Media, Civil Society, ...
