TY - BOOK AU - Croteau,David AU - Hoynes,William TI - Media/society : industries, images, and audiences. SN - 0803990650 (acidfree paper) AV - HN90.M3.C76 U1 - 302.23 21 PY - 1997/// CY - Thousand Oaks, Calif. PB - Pine Forge Press KW - Mass media KW - Social aspects KW - United States KW - Political aspects N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-331) and index; Contents: Media/society: Media and the social world -- Production: the media industry and the social world: The Economics of the media industry -- Political influence on media -- Media organizations and professionals -- Content: media representations of the social world: Social inequality and media representation -- Media and ideology -- Audiences: meaning and influence: Media influence and the political world -- Active audiences and the construction of meaning -- Media technology and social change -- Globalization and the future: Media in a changing global culture -- ER -