世新大學圖書館

Includes bibliographical references (p. 494-506).

Culture and communication / Alan O'Connor and John Downing -- Forms of media as ways of knowing / Annabelle Sreberny-Mohammadi -- Mediating communication: what happens? / Joshua Meyrowitz -- How are media born and developed? / Brian Winston.

Media in the U.S. political economy / Edward Herman -- Mass media and the U.S. presidency / Cedric J. Robinson -- The tug-of-war over the first amendment / Donna A. Demac and John Downing -- Control mechanisms of national news making: Britain, Canada, Mexico, and the United States / America Rodriguez -- Western European media: the mixed model under threat / Denis McQuail -- Media in multicultural nations: some comparisons / Andrew Jakubowicz -- Media, dictatorship, and the reemergence of "civil society" / John Downing.

The nature of the audience / Ien Ang -- Tracking the audience: personal information and privacy / Oscar H. Gandy, Jr. -- Alternative media and the Boston tea party / John Downing.

Computers and communication / Nikhil Sinha and Allucquere Rosanne Stone -- New communication technologies and deregulation / Donna A. Demac with Liching Sung -- Information imbalance across the globe / Cees J. Hamelink.

Gender, representation, and the media / Liesbet van Zoonen -- Advertising and consumer culture / Douglas Kellner -- Racism and the American way of media / Ash Corea -- Cultural imperialism and cultural identity / Ali Mohammadi -- Popular music: between celebration and despair / Keith Negus -- Cinema and communication / Mary Desjardins -- AIDS news and news cultures / Kevin Williams and David Miller -- Global news media cover the world / Annebelle Sreberny-Mohammadi -- Myths in and about television: entertainers and economics / Sari Thomas -- Sport and the spectacle / Michael Real.