Battleground: The Media [2 volumes]
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There are many controversial aspects of today's media system, and this captivating encyclopedia examines the most significant of the topics currently being debated. Arranged alphabetically, approximately 100 entries cover background, definitions, notable programs, significant media events and their historical significance, and important future trends. Issues from sexuality to sensationalism, from surveillance to tabloid news, are covered here in an incisive and informative manner. Coverage of on-going developments and new media technologies combine with the work's timely subject matter to make this an especially relevant set. Some of the topics covered include: Al-Jazeera; anonymous sources; the blogosphere; CNN, Fox, MSNBC, and cable talk; celebrity worship; censorship; conglomeration and media monopolies; fear-mongering; google books; homogenization; independent cinema; the iTunes effect; obscenity/indecency; leaks and national security; online pornography; politics and internet journalism; privacy & surveillance; product placement; propoganda; tabloid news; videogames; and violence. Entries also include further reading sources.
There are many controversial aspects of today's media system, and this captivating encyclopedia examines the most significant topics currently being debated. Arranged alphabetically, approximately 100 entries cover background, definitions, notable programs, significant media events and their historical significance, and important future trends. Issues from sexuality to sensationalism, from surveillance to tabloid news, are covered here in an incisive and informative manner. Coverage of on-going developments and new media technologies combine with the work's timely subject matter to make this an especially relevant set.
Entries contain an array of thoughtful perspectives on current controversies, and allow readers to formulate their own conclusions. Topics include: Al-Jazeera; anonymous sources; the blogosphere; CNN, Fox, MSNBC, and cable talk; celebrity worship; censorship; conglomeration and media monopolies; fear-mongering; google books; homogenization; independent cinema; the iTunes effect; obscenity/indecency; leaks and national security; online pornography; politics and internet journalism; privacy & surveillance; product placement; propoganda; tabloid news; videogames; and violence. Entries also include further reading sources.
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"This two-volume work offers a detailed, comprehensive review of contemporary issues, themes, and concepts of the millennial media universe. Nearly 100 alphabetical entries address such recent and relevant concepts as Blogosphere, Digital Divide, Embedded Journalism, Paparazzi, Shock Jocks, and TiVo. …Recommended. Comprehensive collections supporting researchers or media/communication arts students at the upper-undergraduate and graduate levels." - Choice"The editors have provided a collection of articles on controversies related to media and communications today. Marketing, values, politics, electronic sources, economics, sociology, advertising, gender issues, and much more are addressed. Bollywood and the Indian diaspora, Digital divide, Net neutrality, and Shock jocks are among the 88 main topics….The set contains useful and interesting information on media issues." - Booklist"This two-volume set offers many entrance points into the vast topic of media and media literacy that can act as conversation starters in courses across the curriculum. In 88 alphabetic entries, the editors have assembled the writings of academic and professionals who discuss selected controverial or battleground issues related to the media….This useful set includes a list of topics organized by categories, brief biographies of the contributors, a lenghty bibliography and an index. Recommended for high school, public and academic libraries." - Doug's Student Reference Room"This specialized, sometimes scholarly titles is a treatise on the past, present, and future of the media, and the effects it has or has had on our daily lives….Eighty-eight entries cover topics ranging from Al Jazeera, reality television, journalists in peril, and pirate radio to television in schools, women's magazines, body image, and shock jocks….This title will be quite useful where media studies are in place." - School Library Journal"[P]rovides a good cross-section of both long standing issues and recent developments….This work is recommended for both public and academic libraries, especially those supporting undergraduate programs in communication and mass media." - ARBA Online"This two-volume work offers a detailed, comprehensive review of contemporary issues, themes, and concepts of the millennial media universe. Nearly 100 alphabetical entries address such recent and relevant concepts as Blogosphere, Digital Divide, Embedded Journalism, Paparazzi, Shock Jocks, and TiVo….Recommended. Comprehensive collections supporting researchers or media/communication arts students at the upper-undergraduate and graduate levels." - Choice"The editors have provided a collection of articles on controversies related to media and communications today. Marketing, values, politics, electronic sources, economics, sociology, advertising, gender issues, and much more are addressed. Bollywood and the Indian diaspora, Digital divide, Net neutrality, and Shock jocks are among the 88 main topics….The set contains useful and interesting information on media issues." - Booklist"This two-volume set offers many entrance points into the vast topic of media and media literacy that can act as conversation starters in courses across the curriculum. In 88 alphabetic entries, the editors have assembled the writings of academic and professionals who discuss selected controverial or battleground issues related to the media….This useful set includes a list of topics organized by categories, brief biographies of the contributors, a lenghty bibliography and an index. Recommended for high school, public and academic libraries." - Doug's Student Reference Room"This specialized, sometimes scholarly titles is a treatise on the past, present, and future of the media, and the effects it has or has had on our daily lives….Eighty-eight entries cover topics ranging from Al Jazeera, reality television, journalists in peril, and pirate radio to television in schools, women's magazines, body image, and shock jocks….This title will be quite useful where media studies are in place." - School Library Journal"This work is recommended for both public and academic libraries, especially those supporting undergraduate programs in communication and mass media." - ARBA
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Table of Contents
Battleground: The Media [2 volumes]
Author(s): Robin Andersen and Jonathan GrayContributors: Andersen, Robin; Gray, Jonathan;Abstract:There are many controversial aspects of today's media system, and this captivating encyclopedia examines the most significant of the topics currently being debated. Arranged alphabetically, approximately 100 entries cover background, definitions, notable programs, significant media events and their historical significance, and important future trends. Issues from sexuality to sensationalism, from surveillance to tabloid news, are covered here in an incisive and informative manner. Coverage of on-going developments and new media technologies combine with the work's timely subject matter to make this an especially relevant set. Some of the topics covered include: Al-Jazeera; anonymous sources; the blogosphere; CNN, Fox, MSNBC, and cable talk; celebrity worship; censorship; conglomeration and media monopolies; fear-mongering; google books; homogenization; independent cinema; the iTunes effect; obscenity/indecency; leaks and national security; online pornography; politics and internet journalism; privacy & surveillance; product placement; propoganda; tabloid news; videogames; and violence. Entries also include further reading sources.
There are many controversial aspects of today's media system, and this captivating encyclopedia examines the most significant topics currently being debated. Arranged alphabetically, approximately 100 entries cover background, definitions, notable programs, significant media events and their historical significance, and important future trends. Issues from sexuality to sensationalism, from surveillance to tabloid news, are covered here in an incisive and informative manner. Coverage of on-going developments and new media technologies combine with the work's timely subject matter to make this an especially relevant set.
Entries contain an array of thoughtful perspectives on current controversies, and allow readers to formulate their own conclusions. Topics include: Al-Jazeera; anonymous sources; the blogosphere; CNN, Fox, MSNBC, and cable talk; celebrity worship; censorship; conglomeration and media monopolies; fear-mongering; google books; homogenization; independent cinema; the iTunes effect; obscenity/indecency; leaks and national security; online pornography; politics and internet journalism; privacy & surveillance; product placement; propoganda; tabloid news; videogames; and violence. Entries also include further reading sources.
Editor(s): Andersen, Robin; Gray, Jonathan;SortTitle: battleground: the media [2 volumes]Author Info:Robin AnderseneditorJonathan GrayeditoreISBN-13: 9781567207460Cover Image URL: ~~FreeAttachments/9781567207460.jpgPrint ISBN-13: 9780313341670Imprint: GreenwoodPages: 672Publication Date: 20071230Series: Battleground Series- Battleground the Media iii4
- Contents v6
- Guide to Related Topics ix10
- Introduction xvii18
- Volume 1 iii4
- Entries 122
- À La Carte Cable Pricing 122
- Advertising and Persuasion 526
- Al-Jazeera 1435
- Alternative Media in the United States 2142
- Anonymous Sources, Leaks, and National Security 2849
- Audience Power to Resist 3354
- Bias and Objectivity 3960
- Blogosphere: Politics and Internet Journalism 4566
- Body Image 5172
- Bollywood and the Indian Diaspora 5677
- Branding the Globe 6283
- Cable Carriage Disputes 6990
- Celebrity Worship and Fandom 7697
- Children and Effects: From Sesame Street to Columbine 80101
- Communication and Knowledge Labor 86107
- Communication Rights in a Global Context 91112
- Conglomeration and Media Monopolies 97118
- Cultural Appropriation 103124
- Cultural Imperialism and Hybridity 108129
- Dating Shows 113134
- Digital Divide 118139
- Disabilities and the Media 123144
- The DVD: Home Viewing of Movies Comes of Age 130151
- Embedding Journalists: How Close Is Too Close? 137158
- Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered, and Queer Representations on TV 145166
- Global Community Media 151172
- Google Book Search 157178
- Government Censorship and Freedom of Speech 162183
- Hypercommercialism 171192
- Independent Cinema: The Myth and Necessity of Distinction 183204
- Innovation and Imitation in Commercial Media 190211
- Internet and Its Radical Potential 195216
- Islam and the Media 202223
- The iTunes Effect 206227
- Journalists in Peril 213234
- Media and Citizenship 221242
- Media and the Crisis of Values 225246
- Media and Electoral Campaigns 231252
- Media Literacy: Creating Better Citizens or Better Consumers? 238259
- Media Reform 247268
- Media Watch Groups 253274
- Minority Media Ownership 260281
- Mobile Media 268289
- Narrative Power and Media Influence 273294
- National Public Radio 277298
- Nationalism and the Media 283304
- Net Neutrality 289310
- News Satire: Comedy Central and Beyond 295316
- Volume 2 iii326
- Obscenity and Indecency 303340
- Online Digital Film and Television 308345
- Online Publishing 315352
- Paparazzi and Photographic Ethics 321358
- Parachute Journalism: International News Reporting 328365
- Pharmaceutical Advertising 334371
- Piracy and Intellectual Property 342379
- Pirate Radio 349386
- Political Documentary: Fahrenheit 9/11 and the 2004 Election 356393
- Political Entertainment: From The West Wing to South Park 362399
- Pornography 368405
- Presidential Stagecraft and Militainment 376413
- Product Placement 381418
- Propaganda Model 388425
- Public Access Television 395432
- Public Broadcasting Service 400437
- Public Opinion: Are Polls Democratic? 406443
- Public Sphere 412449
- Ratings 419456
- Reality Television 425462
- Regulating the Airwaves: “A Toaster with Pictures” or a Public Service? 433470
- Representations of Class 441478
- Representations of Masculinity 446483
- Representations of Race 452489
- Representations of Women 459496
- Runaway Productions and the Globalization of Hollywood 470507
- Sensationalism, Fear Mongering, and Tabloid Media 477514
- Shock Jocks: Making Mayhem over the Airwaves 488525
- Surveillance and Privacy 495532
- Television in Schools 503540
- TiVo: Timeshifting America 509546
- Tourism and the Selling of Cultures 513550
- Transmedia Storytelling and Media Franchises 519556
- User-Created Content and Audience Participation 529566
- Video Games 537574
- Video News Releases: A Hidden Epidemic of Fake TV News 542579
- Violence and Media: From Media Effects to Moral Panics 549586
- Women’s Magazines 559596
- World Cinema 567604
- Youth and Media Use 579616
- Bibliography 585622
- About the Editors and Contributors 599636
- Index 609646