Media Culture and Society

Media Culture and Society looks at technology from the perspective of the user. Students are presented with arguments from contemporary and historical groups who see technological change as beneficial or detrimental to society and culture. gives students the apparatuses necessary in order to understand and comprehend technological change while the text is primarily focused on communication, it could also serve for courses where issues of technologies are central in disciplines such as sociology, cultural studies and philosophy the text is arranged in three parts, each of which can be a unit or can be further divided into sub-units Pedagogical features include: text boxes, chapter bibliographies, listings of movies, tv programs, and audio broadcasts discussed, end of chapter application questions, companion website with additional materials

Introduction: What is a "user?".1: Technology and the Past.Part 1: Radio, Television and Film.2: Technology and Society.3: Studying Media in its Culture.Part 2: The Mass Culture Debates.4: The Conservatives.5: The Progressives.6: The Moderates.Part 3: Emerging Technologies.7: Production and Consumption: Fordism, McDonaldism and.8: I, It and Thou: Individualisms in Cyberspace.9: Power and Control: The New Order of Things.10: Issues of Change: Technophiles and Technophobes.11: Is Speed an Advancement?.Conclusion: A Look Toward the Future (How to anticipate the future)