Media and Society into the 21st Century: A Historical Introduction - Softcover

Gorman, Lyn; McLean, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1405149353 ISBN 13: 9781405149358

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2009

Synopsis

Media and Society into the 21st Century captures the breathtaking revolutionary sweep of mass media from the late 19th century to the present day.

• Updated and expanded new edition including coverage of recent media developments and the continued impact of technological change
• Newly reworked chapters on media, war, international relations, and new media
• A new "Web 2.0" section explores the role of blogging, social networking, user-generated content, and search media in media landscape

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Media and Society into the 21st Centurycaptures the breathtaking revolutionary sweep of mass media from the late 19th century to the present day. Utilizing historical and comparative perspectives, the volume analyzes the socio-economic contexts in which mass media originated; the institutional forms taken by evolving media; the relationships between media institutions and the state; and the interrelationships between different media.

This new edition is updated and expanded to include recent media developments and the continued impact of technological change in an age of globalization. Chapters on media, war, international relations, and new media have been updated and expanded, and a new "Web 2.0" section explores the role of blogging, social networking, user-generated content, and search media in media landscape. Focusing on the development of newspapers, film, radio, television, and the Internet around the world, Media and Society into the 21st Century fills a critical need for students and scholars by offering a historical introduction to the mass media in our time.

About the Author:

Lyn Gorman is Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President and was previously Dean, Faculty of Arts, Charles Sturt University. Her publications include numerous works on media history and on war and society.

David McLean is Senior Lecturer and Program Coordinator at Charles Sturt University, Australia. He has been a Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellow, a Harold White Fellow at the National Library of Australia, and a winner of the Stuart L. Bernath Scholarly Article Prize of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1405149353
• ISBN 13: 9781405149358
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 384