TY - BOOK AU - Croteau,David AU - Hoynes,William TI - Media/society: industries, images, and audiences SN - 9781452268378 (pbk. : alk. paper) AV - HN90.M3 C76 2014 U1 - 302.23 23 PY - 2014/// CY - Thousand Oaks PB - Sage Publications, Inc, KW - Mass media KW - Social aspects KW - United States KW - Political aspects N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 358-381) and index; Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Media/society -- Media and the social world -- Production: the media industry and the social world -- The economics of the media industry -- Political influence on media -- Media organizations and professionals -- Content : media representations of the social world -- Media and ideology -- Social inequality and media representation -- Audiences : meaning and influence -- Media influence and the political world -- Active audiences and the construction of meaning -- Media technology -- Globalization and the future -- Media in a changing global culture -- References -- Index -- About the authors ER -