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Understanding Media and Culture (Record no. 19570)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency MnU
Language of cataloging eng
Transcribing agency MnU
050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number P91.3
245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Understanding Media and Culture
Remainder of title An Introduction to Mass Communication
264 #2 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer Open Textbook Library
264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 1 online resource
490 0# - SERIES STATEMENT
Series statement Open textbook library.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Chapter 1: Media and Culture -- Chapter 2: Media Effects -- Chapter 3: Books -- Chapter 4: Newspapers -- Chapter 5: Magazines -- Chapter 6: Music -- Chapter 7: Radio -- Chapter 8: Movies -- Chapter 9: Television -- Chapter 10: Electronic Games and Entertainment -- Chapter 11: The Internet and Social Media -- Chapter 12: Advertising and Public Relations -- Chapter 13: Economics of Mass Media -- Chapter 14: Ethics of Mass Media -- Chapter 15: Media and Government -- Chapter 16: The Future of Mass Media
520 0# - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. According to the author, the world did not need another introductory text in mass communication. But the world did need another kind of introductory text in mass communication, and that is how Understanding Media and Culture: An Introduction to Mass Communication was birthed. The only question was: What would be the purpose of another introductory mass communication text? Understanding Media and Culture: An Introduction to Mass Communication was written to squarely emphasize media technology. The author believes that an introduction to mass communication text should be a compelling, historical narrative sketching the *ongoing evolution* of media technology and how that technology shapes and is shaped by culture - and that is what he set out to deliver with his new textbook. Today's students are immersed in media technology. They live in a world of cell phones, smart phones, video games, iPods, laptops, Facebook, Twitter, FourSquare, and more. They fully expect that new technology will be developed tomorrow. Yet students often lack an historical perspective on media technology. They lack knowledge of the social, political and economic forces that shape media technology. This is not knowledge for knowledge's sake. It is knowledge that can help them understand, comprehend, appreciate, anticipate, shape and control media technology. With this focus, Understanding Media and Culture becomes an appropriate title. Indeed, the title has particular significance. Marshall McLuhan's Understanding Media is a key text in media studies. Written in the 1960s, Understanding Media was the subject of intense debates that continue to this day. Its central message was that the technology of media - not their content - was their most important feature. In a typically pithy phrase, McLuhan said, "The medium is the message." The title, Understanding Media and Culture: An Introduction to Mass Communication, situates the introductory text in a large, engrossing theoretical conversation. The goal is to adopt a textbook that will support and complement your teaching of this course. Understanding Media and Culture: An Introduction to Mass Communication will support an engaging and interesting course experience for students that will not only show them the powerful social, political and economic forces will affect the future of media technology, but will challenge students to do their part in shaping that future.
542 1# - INFORMATION RELATING TO COPYRIGHT STATUS
Copyright statement Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
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Language note In English.
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Source of description note Description based on print resource
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Communication
Form subdivision Textbooks
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Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element Open Textbook Library
Relator term distributor
856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Uniform Resource Identifier <a href="https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/143">https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/143</a>
Public note Access online version
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          Digital Library Online Access 05.11.2020   P91.3 05.11.2020 https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/143 05.11.2020 eBook

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