Media/Society: Technology, Industries, Content, and Users

by David R Croteau, William Hoynes, Clayton Childress

Media/ Technology, Industries, Content, and Users provides a framework to help students understand the relationship between media and society while developing skills to critically evaluate both conventional wisdom and one’s own assumptions about the social role of media. The Eighth Edition retains its basic sociological framework but has been thoughtfully streamlined in length, while still including additional discussions of new studies and up-to-date material about a rapidly changing media landscape. With updated research, the latest industry data, and current examples from popular media, this edition helps illustrate enduring themes in the sociology of media.

416 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 6, 2025

Reviews

[Jordan]

Read as ebook

[Jennica Dotson · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read the 7th edition. I actually found this unusually interesting and easy-to-read for a textbook.

[Arja · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read the 7th edition.

[Elke Schraa]

School shenanigans

[Autumn Lytle · Rating 2 out of 5]

Read this for a Media Studies class, and much preferred the other little readings over this junk. I read enough of it that it counts for me, but I didn’t like it.