Mcquail 39;s Media And Mass Communication Theory

[Terpsícore Deckelman]

What a magnificent invitation to the field of media and communication - full of lively debate and relevant examples yet carefully balanced, comprehensive in scope and thoughtfully explained. - Professor Sonia Livingstone, London School of Economics and Political Science

"This informative, important and readable volume should populate the shelves of all those wanting to understand more fully how the media and mass communication operate today." - Professor Barbie Zelizer, Annenberg School for Communication

Now in its seventh edition, this landmark text continues to define the field of media and mass communication theory and research. It is a uniquely comprehensive and balanced guide to the world of pervasive, ubiquitous, mobile, social and always-online media that we live in today.

New to this edition:

When you study this book, you realize that we all live not only with but mainly in media, and that this has a huge influence on our lives. This new book by Deuze and McQuail invites everyone into a conversation about what you read and to take up a position toward it. Deuze is an astonishing writer who takes you on a fast-paced journey through developments and approaches in media and mass communication theory. Deuze - building on the profound tradition of McQuail - has succeeded with this totally renewed edition!

The Fifth Edition of this bestselling textbook provides a comprehensive, non-technical introduction to the range of approaches to understanding mass communication. Fully revised, and with new student-friendly features, McQuail's Mass Communication Theory: offers an integrated treatment of the major components of mass communication - the sender, the message, and the audience; considers all the diverse forms of mass communication in contemporary societies - television, radio, newspapers, film, music, the internet and other forms of new media; and demonstrates how theories of mass communication relate to the broader understanding of society and culture.

The Fifth Edition takes full account of recent theory and research, particularly in relation to new media, globalization and topics related to cultural production (such as advertising, fashion and merchandizing). In this way, McQuail's Mass Communication Theory remains the most integrated and comprehensive introduction to the field.

McQuail lectured on sociology at Leeds until 1977, when he took position as professor at the University of Amsterdam. (He also, according to Bakker, did work for the British government during the Cold War, studying Russian media. He spoke fluent Russian in addition to his native English and acquired Dutch.)

While he took early retirement in 1997, he continued as emeritus professor at Amsterdam and was a visiting professor in the Department of Politics at the University of Southampton. In 2006, the Amsterdam School of Communication Research created the Denis McQuail Award to recognize the best peer-reviewed article in communication theory each year.

In his last years, and in particular after the death of his wife Rosemary in 2014, McQuail found travel difficult yet still maintained an active academic presence through digital media, such as giving lectures via Skype and his iPad.

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