Questioning the media : a critical introduction / edited by John Downing, Ali Mohammadi, Annabelle Sreberny-Mohammadi.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-382).

PART ONE: INTRODUCTORY PERSPECTIVES: CULTURE, HISTORY, TECHNOLOGYCulture and Communication - Alan O'ConnorForms of Media as Ways of Knowing - Annabelle Sreberny-MohammadiHow Are Media Born? - Brian WinstonPART TWO: MEDIA, POWER AND CONTROLMedia in the US Political Economy - Edward HermanMass Media and the US Presidency - Cedric J RobinsonThe Tug-of-War over the First Amendment - Donna A Demac and John DowningControl Mechanisms Inside the Media - Mark SchulmanWestern Europe - Denis McQuail "Mixed Model" Under Threat?Soviet Media Before and After Glasnost - John DowningPART THREE: AUDIENCES AND USERSThe Nature of the Audience - Ien AngTracking the Audience - Oscar H Gandy JrAlternative Media and the Boston Tea Party - John DowningPART FOUR: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIESComputers and Communication - Karen PaulsellNew Communication Technologies - Donna A Demac A Plug 'n' Play World?Information Imbalance - Cees Hamelink Core and PeripheryPART FIVE: MASS CULTURE AND POPULAR CULTUREFeminist Perspectives on Popular Culture - Lana RakowAdvertising and Consumer Culture - Douglas KellnerRacism and the American Way of Media - Ash CoreaCultural Imperialism and Cultural Identity - Ali MohammadiTelevision News - Richard Gruneau and Robert A HackettUS Media Coverage of the World - Annabelle Sreberny-MohammadiPopular Music and Mass Culture - Iain ChambersCinema and Communication - Ron MottramMyths In and About Television - Sari ThomasSport and the Spectacle - Michael Real