The Handbook of Media and Mass Communication Theory
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Overview
- Focuses on all aspects of current and classic theories and practices relating to media and mass communication
- Includes essays from a variety of global contexts, from Asia and the Middle East to the Americas
- Gives niche theories new life in several essays that use them to illuminate their application in specific contexts
- Features coverage of a wide variety of theoretical perspectives
- Pays close attention to the use of theory in understanding new communication contexts, such as social media
2 Volumes
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781118770009 |
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Publisher: | Wiley |
Publication date: | 03/10/2014 |
Series: | Handbooks in Communication and Media |
Sold by: | JOHN WILEY & SONS |
Format: | eBook |
Pages: | 1008 |
File size: | 8 MB |
About the Author
Robert S. Fortner is Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication at the American University in Bulgaria. He is the author or editor of seven books and almost 100 essays.
P. Mark Fackler is Professor of Communication at Calvin College. He has written extensively on topics relating to communication and journalism ethics.
Table of Contents
Volume INotes on Contributors ix
Introduction xix
Part I Classical Theories of Media and the Press 1
1 Classical Liberal Theory in a Digital World 3 Stephen J. A. Ward
2 The Origins of Media Theory: An Alternative View 22 Robert S. Fortner
3 Political Economic Theory and Research: Conceptual Foundations and Current Trends 37 Vincent Mosco
4 Semiotics and the Media 56 Bronwen Martin
5 Symbolic Interactionism and the Media 74 Norman K. Denzin
6 Patterns in the Use of Theory in Media Effects Research 95 W. James Potter
7 Cultivation Theory: Its History, Current Status, and Future Directions 115 Daniel Romer, Patrick Jamieson, Amy Bleakley, and Kathleen Hall Jamieson
8 Media Ecology: Contexts, Concepts, and Currents 137 Casey Man Kong Lum
9 Dramatistic Theory: A Burkeian Approach to the 2004 Madrid Terrorist Attacks 154 Cristina Zurutuza-Muñoz
10 Ritual Theory and the Media 172 John J. Pauly
11 Jacques Ellul and the Nature of Propaganda in the Media 190 Randal Marlin
12 Lewis Mumford: Technics, Civilization, and Media Theory 210 Robert S. Fortner
13 The Impact of Ethics on Media and Press Theory 225 Clifford G. Christians
Part II Audiences, Social Construction, and Social Control 249
14 Agenda-Setting Influence of the Media in the Public Sphere 251 Maxwell E. McCombs and Lei Guo
15 The Uses and Gratifications (U&G) Approach as a Lens for Studying Social Media Practice 269 Anabel Quan-Haase and Alyson L. Young
16 The Media’s Impact on Perceptions of Political Polarization 287 Jeffrey Crouch and Mark J. Rozell
17 The Social-Cultural Construction of News: From Doing Work to Making Meanings 301 Daniel A. Berkowitz and Zhengjia Liu
18 Media, Civil Society, and the Public Sphere: History and Current Thinking 314 Robert S. Fortner, Ann Snesareva, and Ksenia Tsitovich
19 The Genesis of Social Responsibility Theory: William Ernest Hocking and Positive Freedom 333 Clifford G. Christians and P. Mark Fackler
Part III New Approaches and Reconsiderations 357
20 Feminist Media Theory 359 Linda Steiner
21 Media, Communication, and Postcolonial Theory 380 Shanti Kumar
22 Reconceptualizing “Cultural Imperialism” in the Current Era of Globalization 400 Mel van Elteren
23 Al Jazeera Remaps Global News Flows 420 Catherine Cassara
24 Nonviolence as a Communication Strategy: An Introduction to the Rhetoric of Peacebuilding 440 Ellen W. Gorsevski
25 Globalization and Cultural Identities: A Contradiction in Terms? 462 Ana Cristina Correia Gil
26 Cultivation Theory in the Twenty-First Century 480 Michael Morgan, James Shanahan, and Nancy Signorielli
27 Media Theory and Media Policy: Worlds Apart 498 Cees J. Hamelink
Volume II
Part IV Media Theory and New Technologies 511
28 The Philosophy of Technology and Communication Systems 513 Clifford G. Christians
29 Theoretical Perspectives on the Social Construction of Technology 535 Robert S. Fortner and Darya V. Yanitskaya
30 Dangerous Liaisons: Media Gaming and Violence 552 Ran Wei and Brett A. Borton
31 Empowerment and Online Social Networking 572 Jarice Hanson
32 Global Communication Divides and Equal Rights to Communicate 591 Carolyn A. Lin
33 Citizenship and Consumption: Media Theory in the Age of Twitter 612 Kevin Cummings and Cynthia Gottshall
34 Round Pegs in Square Holes: Is Mass Communication Theory a Useful Tool in Conducting Internet Research? 629 Christine Ogan
35 How Global Is the Internet? Reflections on Economic, Cultural, and Political Dimensions of the Networked “Global Village” 645 Kai Hafez
Part V Theory Case Studies 665
36 Nationalism and Imperialism 667 Mingsheng Li
37 Media Control in China 690 Zheng Li
38 The Construction of National Image in the Media and the Management of Intercultural Conflicts 708 Xiaodong Dai and Guo-Ming Chen
39 Play Theory and Public Media: A Case Study in Kenya Editorial Cartoons 726 P. Mark Fackler and Levi Obonyo
40 Contemporary Chinese Communication Scholarship: An Emerging Alternative Paradigm 741 Wenshan Jia, Hailong Liu, Runze Wang, and Xinchuan Liu
41 Al Jazeera and Dr. Laura: Is a Global Islamic Reformist Media Ethics Theory Possible? 766 Haydar Badawi Sadig
42 Media Ethics Theories in Africa 781 Herman Wasserman
43 The Efficacy of Censorship as a Response to Terrorism 798 Kasun Ubayasiri
44 Blending East–West Philosophies to Meta-Theorize Mediatization and Revise the News Paradigm 819 Shelton A. Gunaratne
45 Understanding Mass Media: A Buddhist Viewpoint 844 Wimal Dissanayake
46 Jewish Communication Theory: Biblical Law and Contemporary Media Practice 859 Yoel Cohen
47 God Still Speaks: A Christian Theory of Communication 874 P. Mark Fackler
48 Theorizing about the Press in Post-Soviet Societies 888 Igor E. Klyukanov and Galina V. Sinekopova
49 Internet and Political Activism in Post-Revolutionary Iran 907 Babak Rahimi
Part VI Conclusion 929
50 Looking Ahead to a New Generation of Media and Mass Communication Theory 931 P. Mark Fackler and Robert S. Fortner
Index 948
What People are Saying About This
“That this Handbook calls for two large volumes and more than four dozen essays illustrates the dramatic pace of developing media theory in recent years. Such a reference work would have been impossible a decade or two ago when serious media theoretical research was just getting off the ground and we had far more questions than potential answers. Fortner and Fackler and their impressive array of contributors provide an invaluable intellectual anthology of what we now know, topics which are still only partially understood, and aspects where much remains to be done.” Chris Sterling, George Washington University
“Like Rodgers and Hammerstein or Lerner and Lowe, Robert Fortner and Mark Fackler are becoming the gourmet indispensable team who provide excellent inspiration for our field. Like Christians and Wilkins, they have set the bar with a handbook on international media ethics. Now they are raising that bar with The Handbook of Media and Mass Communication Theory, which assembles a who’s who of leading theorists and media studies thinkers worldwide. Far more than an introduction to media theory, this double volume is the most current and comprehensive overview and analysis of the field. … MUST reading.”
Dr. Tom Cooper, Emerson College
“A rich resource for all media-related disciplines. Impressive for its vision, both retrospective and future-oriented; and comprehensive in its range of perspectives, from the established to the innovatory.” Denis McQuail, University of Amsterdam