Media Debates: Great Issues for the Digital Age (with InfoTrac)

Dennis, Everette E.; Merrill, John C.

ISBN 10: 0495001813 / ISBN 13: 9780495001812

Published by Cengage Learning, 2005

Seller Inventory # BSM.16GPT

Synopsis:

There's lots of debate about the role of the media. Now you can read the best presentations from each side and decide for yourself. MEDIA DEBATES: GREAT ISSUES FOR THE DIGITAL AGE sets up experts to debate the pro or the con side of twenty issues that are central to today's media. You'll not only learn more about the media, you'll also discover your own opinion along the way.

About the Authors: Everette E. Dennis is the Felix E. Larkin Professor of Communication and Media Instructor at Fordham¿s Graduate School of Business in New York City. He was founding director of the respected Media Studies Center at Columbia University and founding president of the American Academy in Berlin. He has been a dean at the University of Oregon and taught at the Universities of Minnesota, Kansas State and Northwestern. Dr. Dennis recently completed a major study of the digital strategies of the top 25 media companies¿the same year he won the coveted Eleanor Blum Award for service to research from the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.

John C. Merrill is professor emeritus from the School of Journalism at the University of Missouri. Dr. Merrill spent most of his academic career at Missouri, but also served as director and professor of the Manship School of Journalism at Louisiana State University and held a chair at the University of Maryland. He has also taught at a number of schools overseas, including as a visiting professor at the American University, Cairo, in 2004.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Media Debates: Great Issues for the Digital ...
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Publication Date: 2005
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: very_good
Edition: 4th Edition