Ever since Joseph Goebbels commissioned studies of mass media audiences, the behavior of audiences has been of consuming interest to politicians, practitioners, and academics alike. This book offers a comprehensive survey of contemporary academic audience research along with a brief account of its history and development. Looking at such major themes as social influences, public opinion, individual impacts and uses, children and young people, cultures of class and nation, and families and households, the book presents a group of key studies on a relevant topic, followed by a specially...
Ever since Joseph Goebbels commissioned studies of mass media audiences, the behavior of audiences has been of consuming interest to politicians, prac...
News Media in the Arab World: A Study of 10 Arab and Muslim Countries is based on ongoing research at the Department of Media and Communication, University of Leicester, and has investigated the rapidly changing nature of the news media in Arab countries. They have investigated the role of newspapers and television in news provision and the impact of new media developments, most especially the emergence of the internet as a platform for news distribution and of international satellite television channels such as Al Jazeera. Examining the constantly developing nature of news, the...
News Media in the Arab World: A Study of 10 Arab and Muslim Countries is based on ongoing research at the Department of Media and Communicat...