mass media

Contains ten articles that provide a variety of perspectives on the question of how advertising affects the behavior of teens.

Presents a collection of twelve controversial essays that debate issues pertaining to media violence and its effect upon children and society including problems associated with violent video games, rap music, literature, and graphic films and television programs.

Contains excerpts from the works of communications theorist Marshall McLuhan that provide overviews of his key ideas; and includes quotes.

Examines the political and social issues associated with the power of the media; and contains case studies and statistical data on topics including censorship, how the media influences elections, on-screen violence, and advertizing.

Presents a collection of thirty essays that debate the influence of American popular culture around the world, and addresses issues such as the value of reality TV programs, video games, and rap music, vulgarity, obscenity, and violence in the media, and more.

Surveys intentionally misleading words and how they are used in radio, TV, advertising, the press and politics, and how they affect the process of language change.

Discusses how violence in media, such as, TV shows, movies, comics, video games, and advertising, influences watchers.

Brooke Gladstone, an American journalist and media analyst for NPR's "On the Media, " explores the history of the media in cartoon illustrations, covering from tabloids in ancient Rome to contemporary journalism in the twenty-first century, and examining the influence of consumers on the shape of the media.

Authors present differing opinions on whether the digital terrain is changing the way Americans get news, whether the media has always been biased, and whether journalism's quest for objectivity has actually created a moral void.