Communications and Society: A Bibliography on Communications Technologies and Their Social Impact

(Hardback)

Publishing Details

Classifications

Physical Properties

Description

Product information not available.

Reviews

This extensive bibliography has been designed to explore the diversity of communications technologies and their social impact and ramifications from a cultural perspective. Providing a general subject approach to the bibliographic citations, the chapters and their subdivisions cover: media theory and process; technological development and innovation; the determinants of mass-media content; social effects of the media; the mass media and public opinion; politics and the media; advertising; and future developments. Author and subject indexes round out the volume.-Directions
"This extensive bibliography has been designed to explore the diversity of communications technologies and their social impact and ramifications from a cultural perspective. Providing a general subject approach to the bibliographic citations, the chapters and their subdivisions cover: media theory and process; technological development and innovation; the determinants of mass-media content; social effects of the media; the mass media and public opinion; politics and the media; advertising; and future developments. Author and subject indexes round out the volume."-Directions

Author Bio

BENJAMIN F. SHEARER is retired Vice President of Student Affairs at Neumann College. Along with Barbara Shearer he is co-author of State Names, Seals, Flags, and Symbols third edition, (Greenwood Press, 2002), Notable Women in the Physical Sciences (Greenwood Press, 1997), and Notable Women in the Life Sciences (Greenwood Press, 1996), among others.