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Praise for the Second Edition
"Croteau and Hoynes have written the clearest, most comprehensive, and useful textbook I’ve seen on the media, American Society, and their interconnections. As sage as it is thoroughgoinga, it serves as an encyclopedic reference book as well as a cogent summation of what scholars know. My congratulations to the authors."
-- Todd Gitlin, Columbia University
"The most comprehensive and insightful book on the role of media in life and society. If students, scholars, and all those concerned about our culture had to pick one book to enlighten and inform them, this would be the book."
-- George Gerbner, Bell Atlantic Professor of Telecommunication, Temple University
In a society saturated by mass media, from newspapers and magazines, television and radio, to digital video projects and the worldwide web, most students possess a great deal of media knowledge and experience before they ever enter the classroom. What they often lack, however, is a broader framework for understanding the relationship between media and society.
Media/Society: Industries, Images, and Audiences provides that context and helps students develop skills for critically evaluating both conventional wisdom and one’s own assumptions about the social role of the media.
The first two editions of
Media/Society introduced thousands of students to a sociologically informed analysis of the media process. The
Third Edition builds on this success with revised Internet resources, the latest data on the media industry, new examples from the independent media sector, and updated discussions of media policy, online media, and independent media.
Media/Society is unique among media texts in that it offers:
- A sociological approach that examines overarching relationships between the various components of the media process—the industry, its products, audiences, technology, and the broader social world
- An integrated study of mass media that looks at media technologies, collective influences, and connections between mass media issues that are often treated as separate
- An examination of how economic and political constraints affect the media and how audiences actively construct their own interpretations of media messages
Media/Society: Industries, Images and Audiences, Third Edition engages the reader with accessible analyses that are historically grounded but draw upon current media debates such as regulation of the Internet, concentration of media ownership, portrayals of gays in the media, and the growth of global media. Media/Society an outstanding text for courses in mass media and sociology.
Customer Reviews:
Life in all its strangeness.......2005-04-04
Unquestionably, the strength and courage shown by the modern day media has been the sole driving force in bringing forward the various viewpoints that would eventually change the world for better. It is like the words - "It sometimes takes a stranger for us to be able to look into justices' beautiful eyes". That is true at so many levels, both at an individual and personal level but also in terms of the relationship between the citizens of this world and the media. And therein lies the genesis of everlasting love as well, no matter how much doubt is cast by slander. However human nature is strange in that one often ends up hurting the most those that they actually love dearly. Words, in that context, are also strange since they can be sometimes be so vitriolic, if not being utterly cruel. There once was an ordinary man who sat in his home looking at his television screen, as if looking through it and asked for forgiveness and hoped that one day he would be forgiven by everyone he hurt. It was at times like this that he wished he could get himself to walk away from the television and return to his ordinary world of man and machines or even to his essence, not out of fear of retaliation but out of the pain he kept causing others. After all he was just a human being! He was such a person who could see the truth in every perspective and ideology and at the same time felt that the modern world would be writing its epitaph if it did not bravely face the reality of the every changing world. It was something as simple and pure as seeing the truth in the different ways of life chosen by different human beings who lived on this land even if he did not agree with all viewpoints. It is like being able to walk in every stranger's shoes and realizing that in essence some face of the ultimate truth shows itself no matter how different this truth looks at face value. It is analogous to the different faces of a diamond and that it would take a miracle to be able to see these myriad, if not infinite, faces of the same diamond in one glimpse. In this regard, the narrower the tunnel vision, the more mistrust there is against other viewpoints. That is the essence of life. Well, what can you say other than - "shine on you crazy diamond..."
your superego.......2005-03-07
Complete moral degredation of society, eh? Dimwit zealots interspersed with egotistical invaders of privacy and the silly immature masses of disgusting protoplasm seeking fun at others' expense, all trapped in the tragic duplicity and hypocrisy of their own self-glorified beliefs...the self-proclaimed intellectual class, the so-called saviors of modern society? Has the rabid journalistic and entertainment and advertising (aka the modern day devils) media gone berserk with no one around to save them from their mental illness except maybe their own slow but inevitable slide down into oblivion?
Shooting history on the wing.......2000-04-15
Media-disseminated messages flood our every waking second, affecting us in ways we often do not readily discern. Croteau and Hoynes take the reader on an exploration of these media forces in a sociological journey that walks then leaps from the birth of printed words for the masses to cyberspace for the individual. In the process, we learn a lot along the way. Not only about media, but, about ourselves. Unlike most college course texts in Media and Society (in sociology or journalism), "Media Society" is written in understandable English and is not ruefully Marxian in ideological slant. The work plays it straight down the middle. The authors' goal, to which they succeed, is to provide information that shows the complexity of social relationships in, around and through which information from all sources is sought and internalized by "receivers" then, through feedback, subtly affects the "senders" and subsequent messages as well. Surprisingly up-to-date in information, especially concerning the so-called New Media (a synthesis of current technologies, traditional entertainment programs-turned-political,and old news media). Croteau and Hoynes not only introduce the reader to the media mileau in society, they show how economics drive news coverage. At the same time they explain that media consolidations have not shrunk the markets as first feared, but have actually led--perhaps inadvertently--to an explosion of different, often smaller and more intimate media. The media pie, they attest, is growing bigger as the number of slices inexplicably increase. In later chapters, the authors do a commendable job acquainting the reader with communications theory, especially explaining how opinions are formed. My favorite chapter, given my predilections, are the chapters dealing with media and the political world (and the rest of the chapters in Part 4). The authors also enter the globalization fray by demonstrating not only how American pop culture is transforming traditional cultures (see Barber's McWorld v. Jihad for greater detail), but also how traditional cultures are influencing American pop culture in ways greater than we had intuited. Anyone interested in gaining a sense of how media is impacting his or her daily life and how we, as social beings, react to that impact, should certainly read this wonderful book.
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Never HIGHLIGHT a Book Again! Virtually all testable terms, concepts, persons, places, and events are included.look no further for study resources or reference material. Cram101 Textbook Outlines gives all of the outlines, highlights, notes, and practice-tests for your textbook. Only Cram101 is Textbook Specific. Cram101 is NOT the Textbook.
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Get off your skateboard and pick up that guitar! This book/CD pack teaches the unforgettable riffs and licks of the kings of modern punk/pop! Includes thorough analysis of a dozen tunes: Adam's Song * All the Small Things * Anthem Part II * Dammit * Don't Leave Me * Dumpweed * First Date * Man Overboard * Pathetic * The Rock Show * Stay Together for the Kids * What's My Age Again?, plus an introduction and info on Tom's gear.
Customer Reviews:
incredibly flawed.......2005-09-24
its odd because the writing itself in the book is very good. The Introduction is surprisingly entertaining to read. But after that the book falls short
Pros:
Good Writing
Cons:
Where is the bridge to "Dammit"?
What is up with the interlude for "Stay Together for the kids"?
Where is the second half of the main riff for "adams song"
Where is the second guitar part on the end of "dammit"
Its called a "tabliture" book for a reason. dont write how the music is played in scentences and paragraphs.
Its funny because, whats there is good.
Theres just not enough there
Great for beginning guitarists, or any for that matter.......2005-03-23
This book is the tablature for most of Blink 182's singles throughout the years. I will tell you that this book is very very fun to play, even if you don't like Blink 182's music. It is quite simple, and it has that catchy sound to it. When I got this book I was quite amateur on guitar (pretty much still am), but it didn't take long to master all of these songs. Basically, all the songs contained in the book are jam-packed with easy-to-play power chords and any intros involving picking are for the most part simple.
I also enjoy the fact that as you go through a song, there will be a paragraph labeled "Performance Tip" and it will give you a hint on the fingering for a certain part of a song which is so helpful and makes things so easy. This book really advanced my skill on guitar by that one feature alone because when I try to play a lot of other songs I will remember the fingering on a Blink song and it helps with it. It's a good thing.
Another great thing about this book is that it comes with a CD featuring a breakdown of each song in the book. Most of the tracks played on the CD have a faster version and they slow it down so you can catch everything that goes on. This is also a very helpful feature. It is nice to be able to hear it slowed down because on the tabs some things look kind of confusing or don't sound right the way you try to play it and then you just pop in the CD and away you go, and if that still doesn't help, you can slow it down and take it all in.
One other neato thing about this book is that it has some background info on the songs. I learned some interesting stuff about the band and the writing of a few of the songs. It is always fun to learn trivial things.
So, in all, if you are beginning at the guitar and would like to learn some simple "punk", get this book. If you'd like to learn some classic Blink 182 songs, perfect. If you'd like to impress your friends with all those songs they used to sing along with on the radio, there you go.
Most of all, if you want to have some good old fun, get this book, I hope you aren't disappointed.
Book Description
They're young. They're sexually active. And they play their own instruments.
In a time when overproduced boy bands and teen sensations are saturating the music market, the boys of blink-182 are a breath of fresh air -- proving that sugarcoated acts aren't the only thing that can get nominated for MTV's "Video of the Year."
Blink-182 Tales from Beneath Your Mom is chock full of the outrageous band's behind-the-scenes antics, juvenile sense of humor, and never-before-published photos. Bandmates Mark Hoppus, Tom Delonge, and Travis Barker join Mark's sister, Anne, in this exciting tell-all book about life on the road and backstage.
From their early days jamming in Tom's garage, to dominating MTV's TRL, to going multiplatinum with their album Enema of the State and being voted "The Sexiest Rock Band" by Teen People, fans can at last get an inside look at the video-streaking, toilet-joke-living, self-styled punk/pop band that has all the kids asking, "What's My Age Again?"
Customer Reviews:
SWEET!!! (like apple flavored lollipops!).......2007-01-19
Tales From Beneath Your Mom is an AWESOME book! It takes you through the history of Blink 182 step by step. By the end you feel like you grew up with Mark, Tom, and Travis. It's also hilarious! Full of Tom's famous jokes and pranks. Fun facts and stories! The pictures are another treat. Lots of old pictures of Blink 182 that not many have seen and pictures of Blink 182 backstage passes (all very fun and juvenile!). I absolutely love this biography! I love Blink 192 to death and any Blink 182 fan should own this book. It's very, very cool. It's the BOMB! It makes you wonder "what went wrong?" and how could their band and friendship fall apart. Anyways, get this book! It'll complete your life!
A must have.......2006-02-20
This is one of the only books I own. It's also one of the few books I've read all the way through.
AWESOMENESS!!.......2005-06-08
This Book is Awesome!! Must read It no matter what even if u dont like Blink 182! it was funny and informing! READ IT!!!!
thumbs up!!.......2005-04-22
Tales From Beneath Your Mom, the biography of blink 182 was a fantastic book. It tells you blink's history from start to finish clearly, and vividly. The facts are truthful and thorough from Anne Hoppus, who happens to be Mark Hoppus' sister (bassist) of blink 182. The book is told from Anne's perspective in every which way. From the band to their jokes to the potty humor, pranks and tours, Anne is descript about it all.
I enjoyed the fact that Anne included quotes and blurbs from Tom, Mark, Travis & even Scott (blink's first drummer) themselves, as well as unseen photos from early on in their years (so cute!!). If you are a big music fan or a fan of the boys of blink in general, this would be the book for you to read.
The best punk band ever!!.......2004-06-03
All I can really say is this book is awesome and you should read it if you are a true blink 182 fan.
Product Description
13 angst-ridden favorites from this rambunctious power-punk trio: Anthem Part II Everytime I Look for You First Date Give Me One Good Reason Happy Holidays, You Bastard Online Songs Please Take Me Home Reckless Abandon The Rock Show Roller Coaster Shut Up Stay Together for the Kids Story of a Lonely Guy. Includes photos.
Customer Reviews:
THE BEST BOOK EVER!!!!!.......2006-04-30
This is a great book. the songs are really easy to play but really cool sounding. i've only had it for two days and i can already play four songs. buy it!!!
Another strong tab book for Blink!.......2002-08-15
This book has amazing tabs! Blink just gets better and faster with their songs. Their slowest, Stay Together For The kids is 72 on the metronome, but is all sixteenth notes, so it's like 150, just the same! This book includes:
Anthem Part Two: Great tabbing, sounds exactly like the song, alot of palm muting, in the verses, and at the beginning.
Online Songs: This is a great song for tabbing, it's a little harder than their last one, but it shows that their getting better, and it's really fun to play!
First Date: An easy song, and a nice beat to go with!
Happy Holidays: Whoever thought you could tab a song as funny as this, and make it sound so serious! It's great, and very easy, probably the easiest song in the book, the shortest too!
Story Of A Lonely Guy: The best one in the book, really fun to play! Especially the beginning, then the bass kicks in for the verses. The chorus is awesome for guitar, simple, yet great!!
The Rock Show: Beginning takes practice, it's much harder than their last few attempts, alot of palm muting, even in the chorus, so watch were to start. The beginning is played very fast, so make sure you practice that part alot, cause it's in alot of the song.
Stay Together For The Kids: Wow! The chorus is so easy, but the start is fairly difficult. The beginning has to ring, and I mean has too, or it doesn't sound good!
Roller Coaster: The fastest song to date, and is faily tricky, but easy! Upbeat, punk and nice all at the same time!
Reckless Abandon: The fastest song in the book! If you ever play at that speed, if you can get that fast(248 on the metronome), good for you, cause I can't! This song is fairly easy to play, but too fast!!
Everytime I Look For You: It's easy, fast and upbeat, but makes a great song! Not too much palm muting in this one, good song!
Give Me One Good Reason: Wow, this is tricky! Needs a capo, and tuning is different! This one's probably the hardest in the book! Although, it's a great song, punk!!
Shut Up: The tabbing is great here, this one is one of the besT! It sounds so great on electric guitar, I love it! Twists and turns, it makes for a great song!
Please Take Me Home: enough palm muting in this one. it's a nice song, upbeat and catchy. fun to play along with! Not too fast, which is in most cases, good!
This book was great and every guitar player should have it! It's not as easy as Enema Of The State, but it is deffinetely as good! Buy this!!
Book Description
All 17 tunes off the 2005 hits compilation from this Californian new-school punk trio. Includes: All the Small Things * Dammit * First Date * I Miss You * Josie * The Rock Show * What's My Age Again? * and more. PARENTAL ADVISORY FOR EXPLICIT CONTENT
Product Description
All 12 songs from the current album from this alt-pop, neo-punk Southern Cal trio. Songlist Includes: Adam's Song, Aliens Exist, All The Small Things, Anthem, Don't Leave Me, Dumpweed, Dysentery Gary, Going Away To College, Mutt, The Party Song, Wendy Clear and What's My Age Again? Recorded Version, Guitar TAB.
Customer Reviews:
These are great tabs!.......2002-07-28
They're easy and fun to play tabs! I swear every guitar player should have this book! It's awesome! The difficulty level is easy, but the speed, well Blink's too fast! But, who cares, if it's easy and fun to play, get it!
Includes:
Dumpweed: some twists at the beginning, good guitar song
Don't Leave Me: really fun to play, rock song
Aliens Exist: alot of bass in this, but good song
going Away To College: The best song on guitar, pretty much. love the beginning
What's My AGe AGain?: This song is hard to play. Especially the beginning, I've been playing it over a year, and still can't get it right! But the rest is easy!
Dysentary Gary: alot of sliding, good song
Adam's Song: every string's tuned down here, follow the book, and you'll like it!
All The Small Things: easiest song in the book
The Party Song: Not the greatest song for tabbing, but it'll do
Mutt: awesome song, with twists and turns
Wendy Clear: nice song, not too difficult but really fast
Anthem: good up beat song!
Get this book!
Book Description
Features Travis Barker's bashing beats from a baker's dozen of blink-182's best, transcribed note for note, exactly as recorded. Songs: Adam's Song * Aliens Exist * All the Small Things * Anthem Part II * Dammit * Don't Leave Me * Dumpweed * First Date * Josie * Pathetic * The Rock Show * Stay Together for the Kids * What's My Age Again?.
Customer Reviews:
Perfect and easy!.......2003-08-20
This is the only book you will need in order to learn Blink 182's greatest hits on bass guitar. It is packed with their best songs from Dude ranch, Enema Of the State, the mark, tom and travis Show and take off you pants and jacket. It has the tab version and the music note version so you will find these songs relativly easy to learn. Just sit back put and blink album on and rock out to these tunes on bass.
Book Description
Not since Punk's glory days in the late 70`s have a bunch of `oiks` like Blink 182 appealed to so many. In the space of just two albums, in as many years, they have captured the attention of millions of fans who identify with their schoolboy sense of humor and anthemic, guitar driven melodic rock. Having sold close to 15 million albums, and picking up new devotees consistently, the time couldn't be better for the full story of this incredibly popular band to emerge.Blink 182 - The Unauthorized Story in Words and Pictures, provides the ultimate reference source for fans old and new. Ideally presented for the target audience of 13 - 25 year olds, encompassing equal parts text and photos, with a pocket money sized price tag to boot, the first ever book on this enormous band is sure to appeal universally.
Customer Reviews:
Really Good..........2003-10-18
I thought this book was really good. And just a little advice to Maria up there ^^ Anne Hoppus is Mark's SISTER not his mother... But the book was AWESOME, I thought that it was really good, I mean, if you like blink you will love this book :)
Blink in the Raw.......2002-11-24
This book is not the greatest and could be done a little better but who cares? If you are truly into blink, I highly suggest purchasing this book to learn more about them in their earlier days before enema of the state and take of yout pants and jacket. I got this book thinking that it was going to be horrible, and in some aspects it is, but personally I am a sit in my room obsessing about blink, so I like it. If you want a Blink 182 book that is more well done and more recent, check out tales from beneath you mom, written by Anne Hoppus, Mark Hoppus's (the bassist of Blink)mother. Also Urethra chronicles 1 and 2 are great videos to check out. I advise all those Blink fans out there to get this book (even though it has its flaws) because this book does contain some good and fun info! ENJOY! GO BLINK 182!!!
Book Description
The Guitar Play-Along Series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily! Just follow the tab, listen to the CD to hear how the guitar should sound, and then play along using the separate backing tracks. The melody and lyrics are also included in the book in case you want to sing, or to simply help you follow along. The audio CD is playable on any CD player. For PC and Mac computer users, the CD is enhanced so you can adjust the recording to any tempo without changing pitch! This volume includes 8 songs: Adam's Song * All the Small Things * Dammit * Feeling This * Man Overboard * The Rock Show * Stay Together for the Kids * What's My Age Again?
Product Description
15 songs from the major label debut by this San Diego trio. Includes the hit Dammit and 14 more: Apple Shampoo Boring Degenerate Emo Enthused I'm Sorry Josie Lemmings A New Hope Pathetic Untitled Voyeur Waggy more.
Book Description
Note-for-note transcriptions with tab for all 14 songs on Blink's eponymous CD, their sixth studio release which the All Music Guide says has "more to explore ... than any of their other records." Songs: All of This * Always * Asthenia * Down * Easy Target * The Fallen Interlude * Feeling This * Go * Here's Your Letter * I Miss You * I'm Lost Without You * Obvious * Stockholm Syndrome * Violence. Parental advisory for explicit lyrics.
Customer Reviews:
Blink 182.......2005-04-13
And they improve again, with a more, heart-felt album. With tones of hits off this cd already, well, make that four, and much earned success. They put together a tablature book for us to play along. Most of it, is fairly simple. But they improved over the years, and this is their best work to date. Ok, here we go:
Feeling This- Droped D tuning and a Capo on the second fret. The song is in E major or can be transposed to D major as well. It's cool though.
Obvious- Droped 1 and 1/2 steps, into C# tuning. The song is simple, but really cool! It has the old punk style to it that Blink used to have.
I Miss You- Same as the last song, drop C# tuning, the song is mostly just sliding your fingers up and down the frets. Still cool. With some very high notes as well.
Violence- Again, drop C# tuning, but almost all these songs can be played without droping it down, except Obvious. The song only has three parts to it, the intro where he vibrates A, and then the chorus part, and the bridge(which is has a unique solo to it).
Stockholm Syndrome- They even tabbed the piano part at the beginning, but I wouldn't try it on guitar. And the first song in the book that isn't dropped. And is one of the best songs on the album, I must say. The verse part is cool.
Down- Drop C# tuning again, but can be played in E major as well. You'd probably find it easier in E major, but if you want a challenge, then C# is good as well. It's not terribly difficult to learn.
The Fallen Interlude- They tabbed it, lots of high notes, so you have to know your picking quite well. It's more a drum song though.
Go- Back to Blink basics, easy and fun!
Asthenia- Starts out with the unique intro, and then jumps into the song, which starts out with finger picking, and then chords. It's fairly simple, but unique just the same. Drop D tuning.
Always- It's a cool song! Alot of picking and it sounds very cool when you play it with the song!
Easy Target- Fast paced and very rockish!
All of This- The song is different, and fairly simple.
Here's Your Letter- Like Shut Up in ways, because it's Mark's final song of the album, punk/rock, with less swearing. Overall, it's a nice song to play.
I'm Lost Without You- Beautiful, but so easy. I love this song, but it's very repetitive.
Overall, a good buy. I definitely recommend it if you want to know the songs the RIGHT way!
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