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1	Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business more books like this by Neil Postman add to wishlist A brilliant powerful and important book....This is a brutal indictment Postman has laid down and, so far as I can see, an irrefutable one. --Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post Book World see all copies from £5.60! new only from £8.13! \| first editions
2	Who's Looking Out for You? more books like this by Bill O'Reilly add to wishlist Plain-speaking commentator Bill O'Reilly looks with outrage at corporate and political entities that he sees as failing the common person. He also looks at the absence of altruism and personal responsibility on the part of individuals. O'Reilly connects the dots and points out how all this adds up to a society in which greed, venality, and ... see all copies from £3.11! new only from £5.60! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	Culture Warrior more books like this by Bill O'Reilly add to wishlist With three straight #1 bestsellers and more than four million copies of his books in print, the most powerful traditional force in the American media now takes off his gloves in the ongoing struggle for Americas heart and soul, and dissects the forces driving the secular-progressive agenda in the media and behind the scenes. see all copies from £3.74! new only from £3.74! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	Media Effects Research: A Basic Overview more books like this by Glenn G Sparks add to wishlist MEDIA EFFECTS RESEARCH provides an excellent introduction for students studying mass media's effects on society. Through an engaging narrative style, the author presents fascinating research findings on media's impact and related mass media theories. Students are provided a clear perspective of the relationship between science, methods, and ... see all copies from £5.60! new only from £34.83! \| first editions
5	Mass Media and American Politics, 7th Edition more books like this by Doris A Graber add to wishlist An ideal core text, Graber's trusted and balanced volume explores the foundations of the American mass media system. Focussing on political and technological developments, the book shows students how both the media influences governmental institutions and functions, and how the government shapes the way the media works and disseminates information ... see all copies from £7.10! new only from £16.29!
6	The Interplay of Influence: News, Advertising, Politics, and the Internet (with Infotrac(r)) more books like this by Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Karlyn Kohrs Campbell add to wishlist Gives students an understanding of how the mass media operates in our society and the profound ramifications of media messages in the areas of politics, news and advertising. Sixth edition includes thoroughly updated coverage, including the internet's role in media, politics and advertising. see all copies from £16.81! new only from £41.69!
7	Media Power in Politics more books like this by Doris A Graber (Editor) add to wishlist Although there may not be a consensus on what the media's role in politics is or should be, it is clear that the media's pervasive influence has profoundly changed politics in America. In this collection of 37 essays (15 of them new to this edition), Graber explores the history of mass media and its ability to shape political agendas. The new ... see all copies from £4.98! new only from £5.76!
8	Mass Media and American Politics more books like this by Doris A. Graber add to wishlist In this latest edition of a highly praised book, Graber covers a broad range of subjects with three focal points: the mass media and their place in the public and private sectors; the media and their impact on individuals' attitudes and perceptions; and media coverage of governmental institutions and political situations. Cyberspace and other ... see all copies from £4.98! new only from £6.23!
9	The Global Village: Transformations in World Life and Media in the 21st Century more books like this by Marshall McLuhan, Bruce R Powers add to wishlist Marshall McLuhan's posthumous The Global Village, co-authored by Bruce Powers, explores the new "laws" of media, "laws" fostering a dramatic collision of viewpoints. The first based on Visual Space - the linear, quantitative mode of perception characteristic of the Western world is preserved by the medium of print. While the second, based on ... see all copies from £7.28! new only from £12.83! \| first editions
10	The Other Parent: The Inside Story of the Media's Effect on Our Children more books like this by James P Steyer, Chelsea Clinton (Afterword by) add to wishlist As an entrepreneur who creates programs for the Disney Channel and Nickelodeon, a Stanford professor of education and concerned father takes a long, hard look at the media images America's children are exposed to every day. see all copies from £4.98! new only from £4.98! \| signed copies \| first editions
11 view cover	Mediated Sex: Pornography and Postmodern Culture more books like this by Brian McNair add to wishlist Mediated sex is everywhere. In popular cinema and television, the press, pop music and advertising, images of sexuality abound. Pornography has spread, not only in its mainstream, heterosexist forms, but in gay communities and in "porn for women". Cable and satellite television and the coming of the Internet have intensified the trend. It is ... see all copies from £9.61! new only from £37.54! \| first editions
12 view cover	China Pop: How Soap Operas, Tabloids, and Bestsellers Are Transforming a Culture more books like this by Jianying Zha, Tranying Zha add to wishlist Using her constant contact (and, in many cases, friendship) with a dynamic group of young novelists, filmmakers, and artists in China, acclaimed writer Jianying Zha has compiled "a knowledgeable, eye-opening book. . . . (China Pop) draws a fresh and often poignant portrait of a deeply confused country" (San Francisco Chronicle). see all copies from £5.60! new only from £5.60! \| signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	American Vulgar: The Politics of Manipulation Versus the Culture of Awareness more books like this by Robert Grudin add to wishlist Robert Grudin is a lyrical philosopher. From "Time and the Art of Living" to "The Grace of Great Things" and "On Dialogue," he has tackled the traditional subjects of classic philosophy with a beautiful prose style in work fueled by American pragmatism and metaphysical exploration. In "American Vulgar," Grudin examines postwar developments in ... see all copies from £5.60! new only from £7.09! \| signed copies
14 view cover	Media and Society: An Introduction more books like this by Michael O'Shaughnessy add to wishlist This textbook examines the role of the media in contemporary society and analyses representations of the world found in photographs, advertisements, film, television and language. It clearly and simply presents theoretical approaches derived from media and cultural studies, including structuralist, Marxist, feminist and Jungian perspectives. It ... see all copies from £6.23! new only from £21.09! \| first editions
15 view cover	Media and Society: A Critical Perspective more books like this by Dr. Arthur Asa Berger add to wishlist This is an introduction to the role that mass media - and the messages and texts they carry - play in our lives and our society. Arthur Asa Berger explores the time we spend with media, media aesthetics, ethics, audiences, media effects, technologies, violence and sexuality in media, and ownership. "Media and Society" aims to help us understand ... see all copies from £22.00! new only from £22.00!
16 view cover	Our Media, Not Theirs: The Democratic Struggle Against Corporate Media more books like this by Robert Waterman McChesney, John Nichols, Barbara Ehrenreich (Foreword by) add to wishlist McChesney and Nicols argue that the U.S. news media needs to be saved by the people it was intended to benefit, namely the public. They claim that corporate interests have corroded the industry beyond its capacity to be helpful and that control must be returned to (or seized by) the people at the local level, lest it continue to subvert notions of ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.24! \| first editions
17 view cover	Issues in Media: Selections from CQ Researcher more books like this by CQ Press (Creator) add to wishlist see all copies from £20.26! new only from £24.47!
18 view cover	Policing the Media: Street Cops and Public Perceptions of Law Enforcement more books like this by David D Perlmutter add to wishlist Policing the Media examines the reaction of a real police department in the USA to television representations of 'cops'. Through interviews, personal observations and black and white photography, the author describes the lives and philosophies of street patrol officers, with close attention paid to the ambiguous attitudes they hold towards their ... see all copies from £16.75! new only from £22.44!
19 view cover	The Copycat Effect: How the Media and Popular Culture Trigger the Mayhem in Tomorrow's Headlines more books like this by Loren L Coleman add to wishlist A study of the "copycat phenomenon" describes how the media spreads such violent behavior as snipers, teen suicides, school shootings, child abductions, and other crimes, explaining how and why such tragedies occur in clusters and assessing the potential repercussions of bombarding the public with t see all copies from £5.15! new only from £9.75! \| first editions
20 view cover	Interpersonal Divide: The Search for Community in a Technological Age more books like this by Michael J Bugeja, PH.D. add to wishlist Interpersonal Divide: The Search for Community in a Technological Age seeks to answer the question: have media and technology created a social gap, eroding our sense of community? Michael Bugeja tackles this question by taking a broad and interdisciplinary approach, incorporating a number of different viewpoints--including global, ethical, ... see all copies from £9.18! new only from £19.98!
21	The effects of mass communication. more books like this by Joseph T. Klapper add to wishlist see all copies from £5.11! first editions
22 view cover	Theories of Mass Communication more books like this by Melvin L Defluer, Sandra J Ball-Rokeach, Melvin L DeFleur add to wishlist This, the fifth edition of this text, deals with the relevance to mass communication of classical sociological and psychological theories. The first edition since 1982, it has been revised and rewritten in order to reflect current concerns. All of the data has been updated and there are new sections on important topical issues, such as differences ... see all copies from £26.06! new only from £83.53!
23 view cover	Media & Society more books like this by Michael O'Shaughnessy, Jane Stadler add to wishlist Media and Society explores the media's influence in our world, providing a comprehensive introduction to the main concepts and theories used in media studies. The fourth edition of this book continues to provide an accessible and student-friendly analysis of the relationship between media and society. see all copies from £17.07! new only from £17.07!
24 view cover	New Media: An Introduction more books like this by Terry Flew add to wishlist This work looks at the forces shaping new media technologies, and their social, political and economic impacts. It approaches the new media as social and cultural forms that are transforming everything from commerce to communities, and from creative industries to cyberpolitics. New media developments are seen in this book as being shaped by ... see all copies from £2.06! new only from £22.54!
25	Talking Tombstones and Other Tales of the Media Age more books like this by Gary Gumpert add to wishlist This study provides examples of the excessive technology in use today. In a provocative, entertaining, and at times disturbing study, Professor Gumpert assesses how the communications media and their related technology have altered, reinforced, and redefined our society's values and beliefs. see all copies from £4.98! new only from £8.09! \| first editions

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