Media/Society - International Student Edition

David Croteau is an associate professor emeritus in the sociology department at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). He has also worked in VCU’s Academic Learning Transformation Lab (ALT Lab), helping faculty incorporate new technologies into their teaching. He is the author of Politics and the Class Divide: Working People and the Middle-Class Left.William Hoynes is dean of the faculty and professor of sociology at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York. He teaches courses on media, culture, and social theory, and is former director of Vassar’s Media Studies program. He is the author of Public Television for Sale: Media, the Market, and the Public Sphere.Clayton Childress is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology at University of British Columbia. He is the author of Under the Cover: The Creation, Production, and Reception of a Novel.

• PART I • INTRODUCTIONChapter 1 • Media/Society in a Digital WorldPART II • TECHNOLOGYChapter 2 • The Evolution of Media TechnologyPART III • INDUSTRYChapter 3 • The Economics of the Media IndustryChapter 4 • Political Influence on MediaChapter 5 • Media Organizations and ProfessionalsPART IV • CONTENTChapter 6 • Media and IdeologyChapter 7 • Social Inequality and Media RepresentationPART V • USERSChapter 8 • Audiences and CreatorsChapter 9 • Media InfluencePART VI • AFTERWORDChapter 10 • Globalization and the Future of Media