A collection of some of the best articles dealing with issues in the media. Normally used in college courses, this text can also be helpful in discussions with students about media issues.
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40 selections on enduring intellectual value--classic articles, book excerpts, and research studies--that have shaped the study of mass media and our contemporary understanding of it. Included are carefully edited selections from the works of the most distinguished observers of the mass media, past and present, from Harold D. Lasswell, Hadley Cantril, and Neil Postman to Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Michael Eric Dyson, and Annette Kuhn.

MEDIA DEBATES presents 20 issues specific to the interplay of media and society. After a thoughtful introduction to the issue in that chapter, each author takes a pro or con position to debate the contested topic. Dennis and Merrill provide a context for students to think critically about key media topics and their impact on society by providing a balanced range of timeless and current issues in this unique format.

This text is designed to cover two sides of an issue, with articles pro and con on issues. Click on the book for table of contents.