From streaming platforms to smartphone apps to good old-fashioned newspapers, media are nearly omnipresent in contemporary life and act as a powerful social institution. In this new edition of Introduction to Media Sociology, Lindner and Barnard encourage readers to think critically about topics such as the power of big media companies; state–media relations; politics and journalism; representations of race, class, gender, and sexuality in media; and what social media may or may not be doing to our brains. Each chapter explores pressing questions about media by synthesizing insights from classic and contemporary social scientific research, both quantitative and qualitative, with examples drawn from new and traditional media from across the globe. The second edition reflects the evolving power of Big Tech firms, the proliferation of misinformation, and voices from outside the mainstream. It also features a new chapter on generative artificial intelligence that addresses its potential to disrupt the creation, distribution, and reception of media, including by supercharging scams, deepfakes, and hate speech, or by reshaping social relationships. With strong emphases on theory and methods, Lindner and Barnard once again provide students and general readers alike with the tools to better understand the ever-changing media landscape.
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Introduction to Media Sociology
All Media Are Social
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Civil Rights in PoliticsIndex
Social SciencesTable of contents
- Cover
- Endorsements Page
- Half-Title Page
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- List of Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 All Media Are Social
- 2 Theorizing the Media
- 3 Who Pays for It?
- 4 In the Hands of a Few
- 5 Big Brother Knows You’re Watching
- 6 The Makers and the Breakers
- 7 Fear and Loathing on Cable News
- 8 Doing Gender and Sexuality in Media
- 9 Unequal Images in an Unequal Age
- 10 Are We Robots?
- 11 Or Are We Rebels?
- 12 A Ghost in the Machine
- Recommended Resources
- Index
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