CONTENT
List of Exhibits
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part I. Media/Society
1. Media and the social world
Part II. Production: The media industry and the social world
2. The economics of the media industry
3. Political influence on media
4. Media organizations and professionals
Part III. Content: Media representations of the social world
5. Media and ideology
6. Social inequality and media representation
Part IV. Audiences: Meaning and influence
7. Media influence and the political world
8. Active audiences and the construction of meaning
9. Media technology
Part V. Globalization and the future
10. Media in a changing global culture
Appendix: Selected media-related internet resources
References
Index
About the authors