| Media Worlds in the Postjournalism Era Contributor(s): Altheide, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 0202303764 ISBN-13: 9780202303765 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 1991 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Media Studies - Language Arts & Disciplines | Communication Studies - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 302.23 |
| LCCN: 90-48033 |
| Lexile Measure: 1390 |
| Series: Social Institutions and Social Change |
| Physical Information: 0.99" H x 6.34" W x 9.26" (1.30 lbs) 274 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The concept of media logic, a theoretical framework for explaining the relationship between mass media and culture, was first introduced in Altheide and Snow's influential work, Media Logic. In Media Worlds in the Postjournalism Era, the authors expand their analysis of how organizational considerations promote a distinctive media logic, which in turn is conductive to a media culture. They trace the ethnography of that media culture, including the knowledge, techniques, and assumptions that encourage media professionals to acquire particular cognitive and evaluative criteria and thereby present events primarily for the media's own ends.Case studies and examples of the mass media presentation of entertainment, news, politics, organized religion, and sports during the past twenty years illustrate how scheduling, sources of information, style, format, and professional awards influence how the world is portrayed in the various media. The authors analyze the influence of media logic on society's perceptions and judgments of issues and its impact on public opinion, culture, and social institutions. |
Contributor Bio(s): Snow, Robert P.: - Robert P. Snow is Professor of Sociology at Arizona State University in Ternpe. He received his Ph.D. at the University of Minnesota and has been affiliated with the State University of New York at Buffalo. Among his previous books is Creating Media Culture. Altheide, David L.: -David L. Altheide is Regents' Professor in the School of Justice Studies at Arizona State University. A former president for the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction, he has focused much of his work on the role of mass media and information technology for social control. Among his previously published books are two from Aldine de Gruyter: Media Worlds in the Post journalism Era (with Robert P. Snow) and An Ecology of Communication. |