Hodkinson, Paul. <br/><br/>
Media, culture and society :  an introduction / 
Paul Hodkinson. 
 - Los Angeles :  SAGE,  2011. 
 - x, 320 p. :  ill. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [300]-311) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction -- Media technologies -- Media industry -- Media content -- Media users -- Media as manipulation? Marxism and ideology -- The construction of news -- Public service or personal entertainment? Controlling media orientation -- Decline of the national public: commercialization, fragmentation and globalization -- Media, ethnicity and diaspora -- Media, gender and sexuality -- Media communities: subcultures, fans and identity groups -- Saturation, fluidity and loss of meaning. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781412920520 (hbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mass media.<br/>Mass media--Social aspects.<br/>Popular culture.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>302.23  / HOD/M