Media Today

Mass Communication in a Converging World
9. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-032-83605-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 552 Seiten, Format (B × H): 210 mm x 280 mm

This ninth edition of Joseph Turow’s pathbreaking media textbook uses convergence as a lens that puts students at the center of the profound changes in the 21st-century media world. It teaches students to think critically about the role of media, and what these changes mean for their lives.

The book’s media systems approach helps students to look carefully at how media content is created, distributed, and exhibited in the new world that the digital revolution has created. From news media to video games and social networking to mobile platforms and streaming, it provides students with the tools they need to understand and critique the media they encounter and consume. The first part examines the media world as a whole, while the second delves deep into key media industries, such as the movie, television and video streaming, and video game industries. This new edition includes critical expanded coverage of social media economies, cross-border media issues, the rise of "news" influencers and subscription platforms, and the growing use of predictive and generative artificial intelligence, as well as brand-new case studies and updated figures, tables, and pedagogy, including key terms and further activities.

Media Today is an excellent introduction to the world of media in the digital age, perfect for students seeking a solid grounding in media studies. Extensive pedagogical materials also make this a highly teachable book well suited to the classroom.

The accompanying website has also been updated with new student and instructor resources, including chapter recaps, recommended readings, and instructor’s manual.

Zielgruppe

Undergraduate Advanced and Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Turow, Joseph

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Medien-, Informations und Kommunikationswirtschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

About the Author

Preface

How to Use This Book

Acknowledgments

To the Student

Part I

The Nature and Business of Media

1 Understanding Mass Media, Convergence, and the Importance of Media Literacy

2 Making Sense of Research on Media Effects and Media Culture

3 The Business of Media

4 Financing and Shaping the Media: Advertising, Public Relations, and Marketing Communications

5 Controls on Media Content: Government Regulation, Self-Regulation, and Ethics

Part II

The Media Industries

Preface: The Forces Driving Convergence in Media Industries

6 The Internet Industry

7 The Book Industry

8 The News Industry

9 The "Magazine Media" Industry

10 The Recorded Music Industry

11 The Audio Industry

12 The Movie Industry

13 The Television and Video Streaming Industry

14 The Video Game Industry

Epilogue

Notes

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Joseph Turow is Robert Lewis Shayon Professor of Media Systems and Industries Emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School for Communication, USA. He has authored 13 books, edited five, and written more than 160 articles on mass media industries. Turow is an elected Fellow of the International Communication Association and was presented with a Distinguished Scholar Award by the National Communication Association. In 2010 the New York Times called him "the ranking wise man on some thorny new-media and marketing topics." In 2012 the TRUSTe internet privacy-management organization designated him a "privacy pioneer" for his research and writing on marketing and digital privacy.