Media Studies: Institutions, theories, and issues

Download or read book Media Studies: Institutions, theories, and issues written by Pieter Jacobus Fourie and published by Juta and Company Ltd. This book was released on 2001 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This outcomes-based textbook provides comprehensive information on the makeup of media institutions, theories in media studies, and critical issues that face the media today. With this guide media students learn the history of the media and learn how to keep up with the latest trends and developments in broadcasting, printed press, and film. Outlined is how to develop an internal media policy with company mission statements, news, and programming policies. The relationship of the media to the economy, politics, and society and how the media represents race, gender, violence, and terrorism are also discussed.