MCQUAIL: MCQUAIL'S MASS COMMUNICATION (P 4/ED) THEORY - Softcover

McQuail, Denis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761965475 ISBN 13: 9780761965473

Publisher: Sage Publications, Incorporated, 2000

Synopsis

Denis McQuail is Emeritus Professor of Mass Communication at the University of Amsterdam. He is the author of a number of seminal works in the field, including Media Performance, (1992), and Audience Analysis, (1997). Some reviews of the previous editions

`This book is the most comprehensive to date in its description and evaluation of the proliferating philosophies of how the mass media do or should function in open and closed, developed and developing societies' - Media Development

`An excellent, comprehensive survey of the whole range of thinking on mass media, including definitions, approaches, functions in society, production organizations and analyses of media content' - Intermedia

`... Let's stress that for people who want to read a single intelligent work on mass communication... this is the work. Of course there must be many criticisms but the answer ' where would you find so much, so well done, so clearly done and still at an affordable price in any other single work' will be the proper one in most cases. The first work to look at as text and general survey' - Media Information Australia

The Fourth Edition of this best-selling textbook provides a comprehensive, non-technical introduction to the range of approaches to understanding mass communication. Now fully revised McQuail's Mass Communication Theory:

Offers an integrated treatment of the major components of mass communication: the sender, the message, and the audience; encompasses the diverse forms of mass communication in contemporary societies: television, radio, newspapers, film, music, the internet and other forms of new media; demonstrates how theories of mass communication relate to the broader understanding of society and culture; provides a glossary of nearly a hundred key terms in media and communication.

Now thoroughly updated, this new edition of has been rewritten to take account of recent theory and research particularly as it relates to new media, globalisation, and topics in respect of cultural production, such as advertising, marketing, fashion, and merchandising. Retaining all the strengths of the previous editions, McQuail's Mass Communication Theory remains the most integrated and comprehensive introduction to the field.

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Review

Some reviews of the previous editions

`This book is the most comprehensive to date in its description and evaluation of the proliferating philosophies of how the mass media do or should function in open and closed, developed and developing societies' - Media Development

`An excellent, comprehensive survey of the whole range of thinking on mass media, including definitions, approaches, functions in society, production organizations and analyses of media content' - Intermedia

`... Let's stress that for people who want to read a single intelligent work on mass communication... this is the work. Of course there must be many criticisms but the answer ' where would you find so much, so well done, so clearly done and still at an affordable price in any other single work' will be the proper one in most cases. The first work to look at as text and general survey' - Media Information Australia

About the Author

Denis McQuail is emeritus professor of communication at the University of Amsterdam and visiting professor in the Department of Politics, University of Southampton. His books include Audience Analysis (1997) and McQuail's Mass Communication Theory (5th ed. 2005), a comprehensive introduction to the field that takes full account of new technologies and globalization issues. His most recent edited collection is Communication Theory and Research (2006), which presents outstanding studies in communications research published during the last decade. The selections are drawn from the European Journal of Communication, a leading international journal, founded by McQuail, Peter Golding and Els De Bens.

Edition details

• Publisher: Sage Publications, Incorporated
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0761965475
• ISBN 13: 9780761965473
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 556