All Media Are Social: Sociological Perspectives on Mass Media

by Andrew M. Lindner

Book Overview

From TV to smartphone apps to movies to newspapers, mass media are nearly omnipresent in contemporary life and act as a powerful social institution. In this introduction to media sociology, Lindner and Barnard encourage readers to think critically about the power of big media companies, state-media relations, new developments in journalism, representations of race, class, gender, and sexuality in media, and what social media may or may not be doing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415749530
• ISBN13: 9780415749534
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"