Mass communication theory : foundations, ferment, and future / Stanley J. Baran, Dennis K. Davis.

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Edition:Seventh edition.
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Series:Cengage series in mass communication and journalism.
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Format: Book
Table of Contents:
  • Understanding and evaluating mass communication theory
  • Establishing the terms of the debate over media : the first trend in media theory--mass society and propaganda theories
  • Normative theories of mass communication
  • The media-effects trend
  • The emergence of the critical cultural trend in North America
  • Theories of media and human development : children and adolescents
  • Audience theories : uses and reception
  • Theories of media cognition and information processing
  • Theories of the effect of media on society
  • Media and culture theories : meaning-making in the social world
  • The future of media theory and research.