Media and Society into the 21st Century: A Historical Introduction » (2nd Edition)

Lyn Gorman is Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President and was previously Dean, Faculty of Arts, Charles Sturt University. Her publications include numerous works on media history and on war and society.

David McLean is Senior Lecturer and Program Coordinator at Charles Sturt University, Australia. He has been a Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellow, a Harold White Fellow at the National Library of Australia, and a winner of the Stuart L. Bernath Scholarly Article Prize of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations.

Media and Society into the 21st Centurycaptures the breathtaking revolutionary sweep of mass media from the late 19th century to the present day.

• Updated and expanded new edition including coverage of recent media developments and the continued impact of technological change
  
• Newly reworked chapters on media, war, international relations, and new media
  
• A new "Web 2.0" section explores the role of blogging, social networking, user-generated content, and search media in media landscape

1 Introduction 1

2 The Press as a Mass Medium 6

3 The Development of the Film Industry 27

4 The Growth of Radio Broadcasting 49

5 The Rise of Advertising 69

6 Propaganda in Peace and War 82

7 Cold War and Communications 113

8 Television and Consumer Societies 136

9 Media, Information, and Entertainment 177

10 Media, War and International Relations 208

11 The Rise of New Media 230

12 Globalization and Media 264

13 Conclusion 284

Notes 290

Further Reading 330

Index 344