The Reality Of The Mass Media

Author : Niklas Luhmann
Publisher : Cultural Memory in the Present
ISBN 13 : 9780804740777
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Reality of the Mass Media written by Niklas Luhmann and published by Cultural Memory in the Present. This book was released on 2000 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Luhmann argues that the system of mass media is a set of recursive, self-referential programs of communication, whose functions are not determined by the external values of truthfulness, objectivity, or knowledge, nor by specific social interests or political directives.

Author : Michael Parenti
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781471731822
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Inventing Reality written by Michael Parenti and published by . This book was released on 2022-03-09 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study looks at the role of the print and electronic media in defining "respectable" political discourse in the United States. From a critical perpective, Parenti looks at the economics and politics of "presenting" the news and argues that the media systematically distort the news. This manufactured reality deprives the public of necessary information for effective participation in government. This edition has been updated throughout, and there is coverage of the media's treatment of the US invasion of Panama, the war against Iraq and the collapse of communism. Other titles by Michael Parenti include "Democracy for the Few", "Power and the Powerless", "The Sword and the Dollar: Imperialism, Revolution and the Arms Race" and "Make-Believe Media: The Politics of Entertainment".

Author : Niklas Luhmann
Publisher : Polity
ISBN 13 : 9780745621326
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Reality of the Mass Media written by Niklas Luhmann and published by Polity. This book was released on 2000-06-15 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Reality of the Mass Media Luhmann extends his theory of social systems - applied in his earlier works to the economy, the political system, art, religion, the sciences and law - to an examination of the role of mass media in the constitution of social reality. Luhmann argues that the system of mass media is a set of recursive, self-referential programmes of communication, whose functions are not determined by the external values of truthfulness, objectivity, or knowledge, nor by specific social interests or political directives. Rather, he contends that the system of mass media is regulated by the internal code information / non-information, which enables the system to select its information (news) from its own environment and to communicate this information in accordance with its own reflexive criteria. Despite its self-referential quality, however, Luhmann describes the mass media as one of the key cognitive systems of modern society, by means of which society constructs the illusion of its own reality. The reality of mass media, he argues, allows societies to process information without destabilizing social roles or overburdening social actors. It forms a broad reservoir (memory) of options for the future co-ordination of action, and it provides parameters for the stabilization of political expectations. In these respects, it has a crucial function in the general self-reproduction of society, as it produces a continuous self-description of the world around which modern society can orientate itself. In his discussion of mass media, Luhmann elaborates a theory of communication in which communication is seen not as the act of a particular consciousness, nor the medium of integrative social norms, but merely the technical codes through which systemic operations arrange and perpetuate themselves. This book will be of great interest to third year students, graduate students and scholars in sociology, politics, social and political theory, media and cultural studies and communication studies.

Author : Richard Hoggart
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 9780826494054
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mass Media in a Mass Society written by Richard Hoggart and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2006-10-31 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Takes a number of aspects of mass society - celebrity worship, youth culture, broadcasting and a decline in the proper use of language, and considers the paradox that the ready accessibility of information of all types does not automatically lead to greater comprehension of our world.

Author : Hans-Georg Moeller
Publisher : Open Court
ISBN 13 : 0812697510
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Luhmann Explained written by Hans-Georg Moeller and published by Open Court. This book was released on 2011-04-15 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What are systems? What is society? What happens to human beings in a hypermodern world? This book is an introduction to Niklas Luhmann's social system theory which explains specific functions like economy and mass media from a cybernetic perspective. Integrating various schools of thought including sociology, philosophy and biology Luhmann Explained results in an overall analysis of "world society". Special attention is given to the present-day relevance of Luhmann's theory with respect to globalization, electronic mass media, ethics, and new forms of protest.

Author : Paul Taylor
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
ISBN 13 : 033523528X
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book EBOOK: Critical Theories of Mass Media: Then and Now written by Paul Taylor and published by McGraw-Hill Education (UK). This book was released on 2007-12-16 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is a welcome critical corrective to complacent mainstream accounts of the media's cultural impact". Prof. Slavoj Zizek, International Director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities at Birkbeck, University of London "A powerful and highly engaging re-assessment of past critical thinkers (including those not normally thought of as critical) in the light of today's mediascape". Jorge Reina Schement, Distinguished Professor of Communications, Penn State University With the exception of occasional moral panics about the coarsening of public discourse, and the impact of advertising and television violence upon children, mass media tend to be viewed as a largely neutral or benign part of contemporary life. Even when criticisms are voiced, the media chooses how and when to discuss its own inadequacies. More radical external critiques are often excluded and media theorists are frequently more optimistic than realistic about the negative aspects of mass culture. This book reassesses this situation in the light of both early and contemporary critical scholarship and explores the intimate relationship between the mass media and the dis-empowering nature of commodity culture. The authors cast a fresh perspective on contemporary mass culture by comparing past and present critiques. They: Outline the key criticisms of mass culture from past critical thinkers Reassess past critical thought in the changed circumstances of today Evaluate the significance of new critical thinkers for today's mass culture The book begins by introducing the critical insights from major theorists from the past - Walter Benjamin, Siegfried Kracauer, Theodor Adorno, Marshall McLuhan and Guy Debord. Paul Taylor and Jan Harris then apply these insights to recent provocative writers such as Jean Baudrillard and Slavoj Žižek, and discuss the links between such otherwise apparently unrelated contemporary events as the Iraqi Abu Ghraib controversy and the rise of reality television. Critical Theories of Mass Media is a key text for students of cultural studies, communications and media studies, and sociology.

Author : Lloyd Steven Seiden
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 9780465091812
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Who Controls The Mass Media written by Lloyd Steven Seiden and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 1975-01-23 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first comprehensive description of all the mass media (TV, radio, newspapers and magazines) to provide authoritative answers to all these questions and many more.

Author : Gabriel Weimann
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 0761919864
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Communicating Unreality written by Gabriel Weimann and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2000 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study reviews the images and meanings which play a vital role in our mass-mediated world. The author demonstrates that there is often a large gap between reality and the reconstruction of realities as communicated by the mass media.

Author : J. Charles Sterin
Publisher : Allyn & Bacon
ISBN 13 : 9780205591480
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mass Media Revolution written by J. Charles Sterin and published by Allyn & Bacon. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Debuting in its first edition Mass Media Revolution is a revolutionary learning and teaching tool designed to reflect the way students experience mass media today. With a storytelling narrative and chapter-specific videos, Mass Media Revolution helps students experience mass media, enhancing their development as critical consumers. They can study, read, interact and consume their course material in print and online in a way that best suits their individual learning needs

Author : John Vivian
Publisher : Allyn & Bacon
ISBN 13 : 9780205377756
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Media of Mass Communication written by John Vivian and published by Allyn & Bacon. This book was released on 2003 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This up-to-date, reader-friendly presentation of the mass media helps instructors "use the media to teach the media" and explore its excitement, complexity, and impact on our lives. The 2003 Update features up-to-date coverage and analysis of events that have taken place since the last edition was published, including the dramatic events of September 11, 2001. Widely praised for its ability to make learning interesting, Media of Mass Communication excites students as they explore the ever-changing subject of mass communication. The 2003 Update reflects the new reality of mass communication today while retaining the text's extensive coverage of media history, effects, and culture. Every chapter reflects the most current statistics, issues, and challenges facing the media.