Physical description:
xxi, 463 p.: ill. 23 cm.;
Bibliographic notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.;
Edition:
5th ed.;
Author(s): POTTER, W. James.;
ISBN:
9781412979450 (pbk.;
Subjects: Media literacy.;
Formatted contents notes:
Introduction. Why increase media literacy? -- Media literacy approach -- Audience. Audience : individual perspective -- Industry perspective on audience -- Children as a special audience -- Industry. Development of the mass media industries -- Economic perspective -- Current status -- Content. Mass media content and reality -- News -- Entertainment content -- Advertising -- Interactive media -- Effects. Proactive perspective on media effects -- Broadening our perspective on media effects -- Confronting the issues. Who controls the mass media? -- Privacy with the media -- Piracy with the media -- Media violence -- Media influence on sports -- The springboard. Personal strategy for increasing media literacy -- Helping others increase media literacy.;
Publisher:
Los Angeles : SAGE , c2011.;
Call number: 302.23 POT;
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0 $aIntroduction. Why increase media literacy? -- Media literacy approach -- Audience. Audience : individual perspective -- Industry perspective on audience -- Children as a special audience -- Industry. Development of the mass media industries -- Economic perspective -- Current status -- Content. Mass media content and reality -- News -- Entertainment content -- Advertising -- Interactive media -- Effects. Proactive perspective on media effects -- Broadening our perspective on media effects -- Confronting the issues. Who controls the mass media? -- Privacy with the media -- Piracy with the media -- Media violence -- Media influence on sports -- The springboard. Personal strategy for increasing media literacy -- Helping others increase media literacy.