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vii Titles listed are available to qualified instructors on a complimentary review basis. Request review copies at sagepub.com! updated edition oF bestseller mEdIa/SoCIEty: Industries, Images, and Audiences fIfth EdItIon David Croteau, Virginia Commonwealth University• William Hoynes, Vassar College Providing a framework for understanding the relationship between media and society, this text helps readers develop skills for critically evaluating both conventional wisdom and their own assumptions about the social role of the media. CONTENTS PART I. MEDIA/SOCIETY / 1. Media and the Social World / PART II. PRODUCTION / 2. The Economics of the Media Industry / 3. Political Influence on Media / 4. Media Organizations and Professionals / PART III. CONTENT / 5. Media and Ideology / 6. Social Inequality and Media Representation / PART IV. AUDIENCES / 7. Media Influence and the Political World / 8. Active Audiences and the Construction of Meaning / 9. Media Technology / PART V. GLOBALIZATION AND THE FUTURE / 10. Media in a Changing Global Culture / References / Index / About the Authors PaPerback ISbN: 978-1-4522-6837-8 • ©2014 • 424 PageS • online resources • updated edition oF bestseller mEdIa LItEraCy SEvEnth EdItIon W. James Potter, University of California This text explores the key components to understanding the fascinating world of mass media. Potter presents numerous examples and facts to help readers understand how the media operates, attracts attention, and creates influence. CONTENTS PART 1. INTRODUCTION / 1. Living in a Message- Saturated World / 2. The Media Literacy Approach / PART 2. AUDIENCE / 3. Individual Perspective / 4. Industry Perspective on Audience / 5. Children as a Special Audience / PART 3. INDUSTRY / 6. Development of the Mass Media Industries / 7. The Economic Game / PART 4. CONTENT / 8. Reality Programming / 9. News / 10. Entertainment / 11. Advertising / 12. Interactive Media / PART 5. EFFECTS / 13. Broadening Our Perspective on Media Effects / 14. How Does the Media Effects Process Work? / PART 6. CONFRONTING THE ISSUES / 15. Who Owns and Controls the Media? / 16. Privacy / 17. Piracy / 18. Violence / 19. Sports / PART 7. THE SPRINGBOARD / 20. Helping Yourself and Others to Increase Media Literacy PaPerback ISbN: 978-1-4833-0667-4 • ©2014 • 536 PageS • online resources • media and Society "Excellent, diverse articles that showcase intersecting identities as well as diversity in media. Truly excellent choice of top scholars in the field as well as lesser known people I want to pursue more. I always enjoy reading these pieces and find them just the right length for students as well. Great representation of feminist, critical race, and critical theory scholars rather than merely social science scholars (as most other texts have)." —Breanne Fahs, Arizona State University updated edition oF bestseller geNder, race, aNd claSS IN medIa: A Critical Reader fourth EdItIon Gail Dines, Wheelock College • Jean M. Humez, University of Massachusetts This provocative new edition of Gender, Race, and Class in Media engages students with a comprehensive introduction to mass media studies. The editors present new and classic readings that critically analyze some of the most pervasive and influential forms of media entertainment culture, including advertising, reality tv shows, sitcoms and dramatic series, pornography, fan and celebrity gossip websites, videogames and online social media, and virtual reality enterprises. Issues of power related to gender, race, class and sexuality are integrated into a wide range of compelling articles examining the economic and cultural implications of mass media as institutions. CONTENTS PART I. A CULTURAL STUDIES APPROACH TO MEDIA / PART II. REPRESENTATIONS OF GENDER, RACE AND CLASS / PART III. READING MEDIA TEXTS CRITICALLY / PART IV. ADVERTISING, CONSUMER AND CELEBRITY CULTURE / PART V. REPRESENTING SEXUALITIES / PART VI. GROWING UP WITH CONTEMPORARY MEDIA / PART VII. IS TV FOR REAL? / PART VIII. INTERACTIVITY, FANDOM AND ACTIVISM PaPerback ISbN: 978-1-4522-5906-2 • February 2014 • 776 PageS • online resources the Sage haNdbook oF rISk commuNIcatIoN Hyunyi Cho, Purdue University • Torsten Reimer, Purdue University • Katherine A. McComas, Cornell University In this comprehensive, state-of-the-art overview of risk communication, the field's leading experts summarize theory, current research, and practice in a range of disciplines and describe effective communication approaches for risk situations in diverse contexts. Offering practical insights, the contributors consider risk communication in all contexts and applications—interpersonal, organizational, and societal—offering a wider view of risk communication than other volumes. CONTENTS Goals and Challenges of Risk Communication / PART I. FOUNDATIONS OF RISK COMMUNICATION / Section 1. Risk Perceptions of Individuals / 1. Risk perception / 2. The Challenge of the Description-Experience Gap to the Communication of Risks / 3. The Feeling of Risk / Section 2. Risk as Social Construction / 4. Social Construction of Risk / 5. The Role of News Media in the Social Amplification of Risk / 6. Rhetoric of Risk / PART II. AUDIENCES, MESSAGES, AND MEDIA OF RISK COMMUNICATION / Section 1. Frameworks of Risk Communication / 7. Risk Information Seeking and Processing Model / 8. Societal Risk Reduction Motivation Model / Section 2. Audiences of Risk Communication / 9. The Role Of Numeracy in Risk Communication / 10. Edgework in Risk Communication / Section 3. Risk Communication Messages / 11. Numeric Communication of Risk / 12. Narrative Communication of Risk / 13. Visual Messages and Risk Communication / Section 4. Risk Communication and the Media / 14. Media Portrayal of Risk / 15. Framing, the Media, and Risk Communication in Policy Debates / 16. Social Media and Risk Communication / PART III. CONTEXTS OF RISK COMMUNICATION / Section 1. Interpersonal Contexts of Risk Communication / 17. Risk Communication in Provider-Patient Interactions / 18. Informed Consent / Section 2. Organizational Contexts of Risk Communication / 19. Risk Communication in Groups / 20. Crisis Communication / Section 3. Risk Communication in the Public Sphere / 21. Social Movements and Risk Communication / 22. Public Engagement in Risk-Related Decision Making hardcover ISbN: 978-1-4522-5868-3 • November 2014 • 344 PageS • for your bookshelf

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