Media, culture and society :

Hodkinson, Paul.

Media, culture and society : an introduction / Paul Hodkinson. - London ; Los Angeles : SAGE, 2011. - x, 320 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Media technologies -- Media industry -- Media content -- Media users -- Media as manipulation? Marxism and ideology -- The construction of news -- Public service or personal entertainment? Controlling media orientation -- Decline of the national public: commercialization, fragmentation and globalization -- Media, ethnicity and diaspora -- Media, gender and sexuality -- Media communities: subcultures, fans and identity groups -- Saturation, fluidity and loss of meaning.

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