Mass Media and Social Change
Beverly Hills, Calif.: Sage (1981), 271 pp.
"A compilation of the papers of Symposium VII of the 9th World Congress of Sociology whose central theme asks whether the mass media should be agents of change or agents of the status quo. Central to the articles are discussions from varying viewpoints as to the nature of news and the factors that shape it. Among the contributors are Peter Golding, Gaye Tuchman, Paul Hirsch, Elihu Katz, Tamás Szecskö and Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann. A list of reference follows each article." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 227)
Prologue: A Stage for a Passion Play / Tamäs Szecskö, 3
1 The Mass News Media in Systemic, Historical, and Comparative Perspective / Jeffrey C. Alexander, 17
2 Mass Intercourse and Mass Information in the Process of Social Development / V. S. Korobeinikov, 53
3 The Missing Dimensions—News Media and the Management of Social Change / Peter Golding, 63
4 Myth and the Consciousness Industry: A New Look at the Effects of the Mass Media / Gaye Tuchman 83
5 TV News and the Suppression of Reflexivity / Peter Dahlgren, 101
6 Public Opinion and Social Change: The Social Rhetoric of Documentary and the Concept of News / David Chaney, 115
7 Mass Media and Social Change in Developed Societies / Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann 137
8 Revolution, Communication and the Sense of History / Thelma McCormack, 167
9 Institutional Functions of Elite and Mass Media / Paul M. Hirsch, 187
10 Taste Cultures and Their Composition: 'Towards a New Theoretical Perspective / George H. Lewis, 201
11 Contemporary Nostalgia and the Mass Media / Fred Davis, 219
12 The Image of Women in Canadian Magazines / Susannah J. Wilson, 231
13 Mass Media and Social Change: Some Current Approaches / Karl Erik Rosengren, 247
Epilogue: Where Do We Stand? / Elihu Katz, 265
1 The Mass News Media in Systemic, Historical, and Comparative Perspective / Jeffrey C. Alexander, 17
2 Mass Intercourse and Mass Information in the Process of Social Development / V. S. Korobeinikov, 53
3 The Missing Dimensions—News Media and the Management of Social Change / Peter Golding, 63
4 Myth and the Consciousness Industry: A New Look at the Effects of the Mass Media / Gaye Tuchman 83
5 TV News and the Suppression of Reflexivity / Peter Dahlgren, 101
6 Public Opinion and Social Change: The Social Rhetoric of Documentary and the Concept of News / David Chaney, 115
7 Mass Media and Social Change in Developed Societies / Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann 137
8 Revolution, Communication and the Sense of History / Thelma McCormack, 167
9 Institutional Functions of Elite and Mass Media / Paul M. Hirsch, 187
10 Taste Cultures and Their Composition: 'Towards a New Theoretical Perspective / George H. Lewis, 201
11 Contemporary Nostalgia and the Mass Media / Fred Davis, 219
12 The Image of Women in Canadian Magazines / Susannah J. Wilson, 231
13 Mass Media and Social Change: Some Current Approaches / Karl Erik Rosengren, 247
Epilogue: Where Do We Stand? / Elihu Katz, 265
