Analyzing Media: Communication Technologies as Symbolic and Cognitive Systems

by Dale A. Bertelsen and James W. Chesebro

Book Overview

For the past 25 years, critics of communication have focused on the content and form of verbal and nonverbal communication, while for the most part neglecting what traditionally has been considered a technical rather than a critical issue--the impact of how messages are produced or formatted in the various media. Topics such as the sexual and violent content of television and films, the meaning of pornography, and the persuasive efforts of advertisers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1572304197
• ISBN13: 9781572304192
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: Guilford Publications
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"