Media control : news as an institution of power and social control /
Gutsche, Robert E., 1980-
Media control : news as an institution of power and social control / Robert E. Gutsche, Jr. - New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2015. - x, 383 p. ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical referecens and index.
Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 - Making News: Purposes, Practices & Pandering -- Chapter 2 - Press as Paternal Authority: Veiling Power via 'The Fourth Estate' -- Chapter 3 - Controversies, Conspiracies & Confusion: News as Cultural Distraction -- Chapter 4 - Normalizing Surveillance & Control: How the Press Contribute to Policing -- Chapter 5 - The Myth of Media Literacy & Why Americans Will Never Have It -- Conclusion.
"A critical approach to the cultural function of news media, arguing that news is an institution that performs a function of social control under the guise of the Fourth Estate"-- Provided by publisher.
9781628922967 (hardback)
2015015866
Journalism--Political aspects--History--United States--20th century.
Journalism--Political aspects--History--United States--21st century.
Mass media--Political aspects--History--United States--20th century.
Mass media--Political aspects--History--United States--21st century.
Press and politics--United States.
Social control--United States.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies.
P95.82.U6 / G88 2015
302.23/0973
Media control : news as an institution of power and social control / Robert E. Gutsche, Jr. - New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2015. - x, 383 p. ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical referecens and index.
Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 - Making News: Purposes, Practices & Pandering -- Chapter 2 - Press as Paternal Authority: Veiling Power via 'The Fourth Estate' -- Chapter 3 - Controversies, Conspiracies & Confusion: News as Cultural Distraction -- Chapter 4 - Normalizing Surveillance & Control: How the Press Contribute to Policing -- Chapter 5 - The Myth of Media Literacy & Why Americans Will Never Have It -- Conclusion.
"A critical approach to the cultural function of news media, arguing that news is an institution that performs a function of social control under the guise of the Fourth Estate"-- Provided by publisher.
9781628922967 (hardback)
2015015866
Journalism--Political aspects--History--United States--20th century.
Journalism--Political aspects--History--United States--21st century.
Mass media--Political aspects--History--United States--20th century.
Mass media--Political aspects--History--United States--21st century.
Press and politics--United States.
Social control--United States.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies.
P95.82.U6 / G88 2015
302.23/0973