Synopses & Reviews
MEDIA NOW empowers you to think critically about the media and its effects on culture by providing a thorough understanding of how media technologies develop, operate, converge, and affect society. MEDIA NOW prepares you for encounters in the expanding fields of the Internet, interactive media, and traditional media industries through engaging, up-to-date material that covers the essential history, theories, concepts, and technical knowledge you need to thrive. Extensively updated in a new seventh edition, MEDIA NOW provides a comprehensive introduction to today's global media environment and ongoing developments in technology, culture, and critical theory that continue to transform this rapidly evolving industry and affect our daily lives.
About the Author
DR. JOSEPH D. STRAUBHAAR is the Amon G. Carter Centennial Professor of Communications and Media Studies Director in the Radio-TV-Film Department of the University of Texas at Austin. He was the Director of the Center for Brazilian Studies within the Lozano Long Institute for Latin American Studies. He is also Associate Director for International Programs of the Telecommunication and Information Policy Institute at the University of Texas. He has published books, articles, and essays on international communications, global media, digital inclusion, international telecommunications, Brazilian television, Latin American media, comparative analyses of new television technologies, media flow and culture, and other topics appearing in a number of journals, edited books, and elsewhere. His primary teaching, research, and writing interests are in global media, international communication and cultural theory, the digital divide in the U.S. and other countries, and comparative analysis of new technologies. He does research in Latin America, Asia, and Africa, and has taken student groups to
Table of Contents
1. The Changing Media. 2. Media and Society. 3. Books and Magazines. 4. Newspapers. 5. Recorded Music. 6. Radio. 7. Film and Home Video. 8. Television. 9. The Internet. 10. Public Relations. 11. Advertising. 12. The Third Screen: From Bell's Phone to iPhone. 13. Video Games. 14. Media Uses and Effects. 15. Media Policy and Law. 16. Media Ethics. 17. Global Communications Media.