TY - BOOK AU - Hodkinson,Paul TI - Media, culture and society(1st ed): an introduction SN - 9781412920520 (hbk.) AV - P94.6 .H63 2011 U1 - 302.23 22 PY - 2011/// CY - Los Angeles PB - SAGE KW - Mass media KW - Social aspects KW - Popular culture N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [300]-311) and index; Introduction -- Media technologies -- Media industry -- Media content -- Media users -- Media as manipulation? Marxism and ideology -- The construction of news -- Public service or personal entertainment? Controlling media orientation -- Decline of the national public: commercialization, fragmentation and globalization -- Media, ethnicity and diaspora -- Media, gender and sexuality -- Media communities: subcultures, fans and identity groups -- Saturation, fluidity and loss of meaning ER -