Movies as Mass Communication (The Sage Commtext Series)

By Garth S. Jowett and James M. Linton

Book Overview

Since the publication of the first edition of Movies as Mass Communication in 1980, cinema has been incorporated into academic discussions of the mainstream mass media. Most introductory 'media and society courses now include a section on the cinema. In this second edition, Professors Jowett and Linton address both the persistent tendency to position the cinema as a separate form of entertainment with a specialized audience, and the extensive interrelationships between the cinema and other media. The authors also examine the economic, sociological, psychological and political aspects of film.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803933290
• ISBN13: 9780803933293
• Release Date: September 1989
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.