Media/Impact: An Introduction to Mass Media (MindTap Course List)

Biagi, Shirley

ISBN 10: 1305580982 / ISBN 13: 9781305580985

Published by Cengage Learning, 2016

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Media/Impact: An Introduction to Mass Media (MindTap Course List)
• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1305580982
• ISBN 13: 9781305580985
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: very_good

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Synopsis

From media history to today's rapid-fire changes, MEDIA/IMPACT: AN INTRODUCTION TO MASS MEDIA, 12th Edition takes you on an exciting tour of the events, people, money, and technologies that have shaped the mass media industries. Known for its engaging writing style, current coverage, and visual appeal, the book explores the legal, ethical, social, and global issues facing the mass media industries every day. The twelfth edition focuses on convergence--how the mass media industries are intersecting to deliver content and how audiences are adapting to the new mass media marketplace. It also equips you with an insider's look at what it's like to work in each industry. Reflecting the latest trends from the field, the text provides new coverage of digital delivery, net neutrality, media industry consolidation, social media, mobile media, and more. It is also packed with lively new illustrations and a wealth of real-world examples.

About the Author

Shirley Biagi is a professor in the Department of Communication Studies at California State University, Sacramento. Her bestselling text, MEDIA/IMPACT: AN INTRODUCTION TO MASS MEDIA, is also published in Canadian, Greek, Spanish and Korean editions. Biagi has authored several other Wadsworth Communication texts, including MEDIA/READER: PERSPECTIVES ON MASS MEDIA INDUSTRIES, EFFECTS AND ISSUES and INTERVIEWS THAT WORK: A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR JOURNALISTS. Along with Marilyn Kern-Foxworth, she is co-author of FACING DIFFERENCE: RACE, GENDER AND MASS MEDIA. She served as project interviewer for the Washington Press Club Foundation Women's Oral History Project and was editor of American Journalism, A Journal of Media History, published by the American Journalism Historians Association.