Asia Pacific University Library catalogue


Hodkinson, Paul,

Media, culture and society : an introduction / Paul Hodkinson. - Los Angeles : SAGE, c2011. - x, 320 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 300-311) and index.

Introduction -- Media technologies -- Media industry -- Media content -- Media users -- Media as manipulation? Marxism and ideology -- The construction of news -- Public service or personal entertainment? Controlling media orientation -- Decline of the national public: commercialization, fragmentation and globalization -- Media, ethnicity and diaspora -- Media, gender and sexuality -- Media communities: subcultures, fans and identity groups -- Saturation, fluidity and loss of meaning.

9781412920520 (hbk.)

2009941862

GBB078754 bnb

015589514 Uk


Mass media.
Mass media--Social aspects.
Popular culture.

P94.6 / .H63 2011

302.23 / HOD 2011