TY - BOOK AU - Folkerts,Jean AU - Lacy,Stephen AU - Larabee,Ann TI - The media in your life: an introduction to mass communication SN - 020552365X (pbk.) : AV - P90 .F628 2008 PY - 2008/// CY - Boston, MA PB - Pearson/Allyn and Bacon KW - Mass media N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 423-435) and index N2 - An introductory college-level text examining the professional and cultural aspects of mass media within an economic framework. The text's 16 chapters address the history of mass communication; books, newspapers, magazines, the movies, radio, television, music, the recording industry, and computers; regulation; ethics; public relations; advertising; and current research on mass communication. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc ER -