Media & culture: mass communication in a digital age

1. Media, culture, and communication : a critical approach.

Part 1. Interactive media: 2. The internet and digital media

3. Digital gaming and the media playground.

Part 2. Sounds and images: 4. Sound recording and popular music

5. Popular radio and the origins of broadcasting

6. Television : from broadcasting to streaming

7. Movies and the power of images.

Part 3. Words and pictures: 8. Newspapers : the rise and decline of modern journalism

9. Magazines in the age of specialization

10. Books and the power of print.

Part 4. The business of mass media: 11. Advertising and commercial culture

12. Public relations and framing the message

13. Media economics and the global marketplace.

Part 5. Democratic expression and the mass media: 14. The culture of journalism : values, ethics, and democracy

15. Media effects and cultural approaches to research

16. Legal controls and freedom of expression.

Case study: A guide to identifying fake news.