The Mediated World
A New Approach to Mass Communication and Culture
by David T. Z. Mindich
2nd Edition
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Book Details
| Print ISBN | 9781538180259 |
| eText ISBN | 9781538180273 |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Publishing Year | 2024 |
| Edition | 2nd Edition |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 426 |
The Mediated World: A New Approach to Mass Communication and Culture, 2nd Edition, is an undergraduate textbook that offers an interdisciplinary examination of the ways media and mass communication shape society. The text focuses on core concepts and real-world contexts to foster media literacy, encouraging students to act as responsible media consumers, creators, and curators.
Coverage addresses historical developments alongside contemporary media industries. Discussions explore early communication forms such as speech, writing, and print, alongside the global reach of the telegraph, photography, radio, television, and film.
Intended for undergraduate survey courses in media history and mass communications, each chapter opens with a contemporary vignette designed to connect with students before prompting them to explore historical background.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: A New Approach to Media in Your Life
Chapter 2: Growing Up in a Mediated World
Chapter 3: Speaking and Writing
Chapter 4: Printing, the Mass Public, and the Mass Private
Chapter 5: Newspapers in a Digital Media World
Chapter 6: Going Global with the Telegraph
Chapter 7: Magazines
Chapter 8: Representation and the Lives that Matter in the Media
Chapter 9: Radio, Music, and the Soundtrack of Our Lives
Chapter 10: Photography
Chapter 11: Movies and the dream factory
Chapter 12: Television and Video
Chapter 13: Hot and Cold Video Games
Chapter 14: Advertising
Chapter 15: Public Relations
Chapter 16: Law and Ethics, Media and Journalism
Chapter 17: Media and Agenda Setting in the Public Sphere
Chapter 18: The Digital Revolution and What Comes Next
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