Mass Media, Social Control and Social Change

Download or read book Mass Media, Social Control and Social Change written by David Demers and published by . This book was released on 2007-07 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mass Media, Social Control & Social Change is the only introduction to mass communication textbook on the market to examine the social control function of the mass media in depth. In similizing terms, media produce the thread that helps hold the fabric of modern society together, often to the detriment of disadvantaged groups and people. But unlike other books, this one doesn't argue that media are always repressive institutions. Sometimes media produce content that is critical of dominant values and elites. This content, in turn, can help facilitate or legitimate social change that benefits disadvantaged and challenging groups.