Summary
Overview
Key Readings
Denis McQuail's major work in Mass Communication is another essential part of the SAGE Benchmark series. Drawing on both classic and contemporaneous sources, McQuail guides us through the central defining papers that anchor this field. Taken together, the four volumes provide access to the key debates within the field and all the main lines of research that have emerged.
Introduction
A compilation of volume Introductions.
Introduction to Volume I: Theories, Basic Concepts and Varieties of Approach
The Early Origins of the Field
THE study of mass communication has early origins in the study of the newspaper press as a phenomenon of modern society in late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, but it became firmly established as a branch of research only after the invention and growth of the new media of film and radio. The newspaper was first studied in Europe and especially Germany, but the new and wider field of inquiry found its main home in the United States where the truly mass media developed most rapidly. It was there at the same time that the social sciences were most rapidly growing in range and status and they ...
Table of Contents
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Volume I: Theories, Basic Concepts and Varieties of Approach
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1. The Origins of Individual Media-System Dependency: A Sociological Framework
S. Ball-Rokeach
1985
Communication Research
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2. Structural Analysis and Mass Communication
Olivier Burgelin
1968
Studies of Broadcasting
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3. A Cultural Approach to Communication
James Carey
1975
Communication
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4. Defining Media Events: High Holidays of Mass Communication
Daniel Dayan | Elihu Katz
1992
Media Events: The Live Broadcasting of History
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5. Theories of Communication and Theories of Society
Peter Golding | Graham Murdock
1978
Communication Research
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6. Ideology and Communication Theory
Stuart Hall
1989
Rethinking Communication
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7. The Propaganda Model: A Retrospective
Edward Herman
2000
Journalism Studies
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8. The Television Audience: A Revised Perspective
Denis McQuail | Jay Blumler | J.R. Brown
1972
Sociology of Mass Communications
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Joshua Meyrowitz
1993
Communication Theory Today
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10. The Mass Society
C. Mills
1956
The Power Elite
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11. The Internet as Mass Medium
Merrill Morris | Christine Ogan
1996
ournal of Communication
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Elizabeth Perse
2001
Media Effects and Society
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13. Distrust of Representation: Habermas on the Public Sphere
John Peters
1993
Media, Culture and Society
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14. Interpersonal Influence in Election Campaigns: Two-Step Flow Hypotheses
John Robinson
1976
Public Opinion Quarterly
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15. Communication Research: One Paradigm, or Four?
Karl Rosengren
1983
Journal of Communication
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16. Social Theory and the Media
John Thompson
1993
Communication Theory Today
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17. Mass Media Flow and Differential Growth in Knowledge
P.J. Tichenor | G.A. Donohue | C.N. Olien
1970
Public Opinion Quarterly
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18. A New Paradigm?
Liesbet van Zoonen
1994
Feminist Media Studies
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19. A Conceptual Model for Communications Research
Malcolm MacLean
1957
Journalism Quarterly
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20. Functional Analysis and Mass Communication
Charles Wright
1960
Public Opinion Quarterly
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Volume II: Media Systems, Economy, Governance and Globalisation
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21. Beyond Journalism: A Profession between Information Society and Civil Society
Jo Bardoel
1996
European Journal of Communication
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22. Toward a Theory of Press-State Relations in the United States
W. Bennett
1990
Journal of Communication
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23. The Third Age of Political Communication: Influences and Features
Jay Blumler | Dennis Kavanagh
1999
Political Communication
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24. Towards a New Classification of Tele-information Services
Jan Bordewijk | Ben van Kaam
1986
Intermedia
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25. Journalistic Codes of Ethics in Europe
Tiina Laitila
1995
European Journal of Communication
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John Dimmick | Philip Coit
1982
Communication Research
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27. The Mythology about Globalization
Marjorie Ferguson
1992
European Journal of Communication
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28. Media and Political Systems, and the Question of Differentiation
Daniel Hallin | Paolo Mancini
2004
Comparing Media Systems
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29. Fields of Supervisory Action
Wolfgang Hoffmann-Riem
1996
Regulating Media
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30. Reasons for the US Dominance of the International Trade in Television Programmes
Colin Hoskins | Rolf Mirus
1988
Media, Culture and Society
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Lawrence Lessig
1999
Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace
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32. Foundations and Limits of Freedom of the Press
Judith Lichtenberg
1991
Democracy and the Mass Media
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33. What Kind of Commodity is News?
John McManus
1992
Communication Research
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34. A Framework of Principle for Media Assessment
Denis McQuail
1992
Media Performance
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35. The Social Responsibility Theory of the Press
Theodore Peterson
1956
Four Theories of the Press: The Authoritarian, Libertarian, Social Responsibility, and Communist Concepts of What the Press Should Be and Do
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36. Research into International Television Flows: A Methodological Contribution
Preben Sepstrup
1989
European Journal of Communication
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37. The Discourse of Cultural Imperialism
John Tomlinson
1991
Cultural Imperialism
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38. Media Policy Paradigm Shifts: Towards a New Communications Policy Paradigm
Jan van Cuilenburg | Denis McQuail
2003
European Journal of Communication
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Volume III: Media Production and Content
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39. The News Factory
Charles Bantz | Suzanne McCorkle | Roberta Baade
1980
Communication Research
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Muriel Cantor
1971
The Hollywood TV Producer: His Work and Life
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Robert Entman
1991
Journal of Communication
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Johan Galtung | Mari Ruge
1965
Journal of Peace Research
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43. Explicating Sensationalism in Television News: Content and the Bells and Whistles of Form
Maria Grabe | Shuhua Zhou | Brooke Barnett
2001
Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media
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44. Press and TV as Opinion Resources in Presidential Campaigns
Doris Graber
1976
Public Opinion Quarterly
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45. Reading Realism: Audiences’ Evaluations of the Reality of Media Texts
Alice Hall
2003
Journal of Communication
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46. Quality Assessment of Broadcast Programming: Research Subjects for the Future
Sakae Ishikawa | Yasuko Muramatsu
1991
Studies of Broadcasting
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47. Professional Models in Journalism: The Gatekeeper and the Advocate
Morris Janowitz
1975
Journalism Quarterly
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48. News as Purposive Behavior: On the Strategic Use of Routine Events, Accidents, and Scandals
Harvey Molotch | Marilyn Lester
1974
American Sociological Review
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49. From the Persian Gulf to Kosovo — War Journalism and Propaganda
Stig Nohrstedt | Sophia Kaitatzi-Whitlock | Rune Ottosen | Kristina Riegert
2000
European Journal of Communication
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50. News as a Form of Knowledge
Robert Park
1940
American Journal of Sociology
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51. Political Roles of the Journalist
Thomas Patterson
1998
Politics of News: News of Politics
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Janice Radway
1984
Reading the Romance: Women, Patriarchy, and Popular Literature
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53. The Roots of a Sociology of News: Remembering Mr. Gates and Social Control in the Newsroom
Stephen Reese | Jane Ballinger
2001
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly
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54. The Product Image: The Fate of Creativity in Country Music Songwriting
John Ryan | Richard Peterson
1982
Individuals in Mass Media Organizations
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55. Prime-Time Television: Assessing Violence During the Most Popular Viewing Hours
Stacy Smith | Amy Nathanson | Barbara Wilson
2002
Journal of Communication
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56. Making News by Doing Work: Routinizing the Unexpected
Gaye Tuchman
1973
American Journal of Sociology
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57. A Theory of Evaluative Discourse: Towards a Graph Theory of Journalistic Texts
Jan van Cuilenburg | Jan Kleinnijenhuis | Jan Ridder
1986
European Journal of Communication
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58. Discourse Analysis: Its Development and Application to the Structure of News
Teun van Dijk
1983
Journal of Communication
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59. Objective News Reporting: General Premises
Jörgen Westerståhl
1983
Communication Research
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Volume IV: Audiences and Effects of Mass Communication
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60. ‘I'm Ashamed to Admit it but I have Watched Dallas': The Moral Hierarchy of Television Programmes
Pertti Alasuutari
1992
Media, Culture and Society
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61. The Third-Person Effect in Communication
W. Davison
1983
Public Opinion Quarterly
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62. The British, Canadian, and U.S. Pornography Commissions and Their Use of Social Science Research
Edna Einsiedel
1988
Journal of Communication
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63. Media Discourse and Public Opinion on Nuclear Power: A Constructionist Approach
William Gamson | Andre Modigliani
1989
American Journal of Sociobgy
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64. Political Correlates of Television Viewing
George Gerbner | Larry Gross | Michael Morgan | Nancy Signorielli
1984
Public Opinion Quarterly
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65. Seeing is Remembering: How Visuals Contribute to Learning from Television News
Doris Graber
1990
Journal of Communication
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66. Diffusion of News of the Kennedy Assassination
Bradley Greenberg
1964
Public Opinion Quarterly
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67. Practicing Embodiment: Reality, Respect, and Issues of Gender in Media Reception
Joke Hermes
2002
A Companion to Media Studies
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68. News Coverage of the Gulf Crisis and Public Opinion: A Study of Agenda-Setting, Priming, and Framing
Shanto Iyengar | Adam Simon
1993
Communication Research
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69. Five Traditions in Search of the Audience
Klaus Jensen | Karl Rosengren
1990
European Journal of Communication
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70. Patterns of Involvement in Television Fiction: A Comparative Analysis
Tamar Liebes | Elihu Katz
1986
European Journal of Communication
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71. Interpretive Viewers and Structured Programs: The Implicit Representation of Soap Opera Characters
Sonia Livingstone
1989
Communication Research
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72. Family Communication Patterns and the Social Uses of Television
James Lull
1980
Communication Research
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73. The Agenda-Setting Function of Mass Media
Maxwell McCombs | Donald Shaw
1972
Public Opinion Quarterly
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74. The Future of the Mass Audience
W. Neumann
1991
The Future of the Mass Audience
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75. The Theory of Public Opinion: The Concept of the Spiral of Silence
Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann
1991
Communication Yearbook 14
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76. Marketing Communication and the Hierarchy-of-Effects
Michael Ray
1973
New Models for Communication Research
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77. Communication and Development: The Passing of the Dominant Paradigm
Everett Rogers
1976
Communication Research
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78. Ritualized and Instrumental Television Viewing
Alan Rubin
1984
Journal of Communication
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79. A Theory of Television Program Choice
James Webster | Jacob Wakshlag
1983
Communication Research
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W. Woodall | Dennis Davis | Haluk Sahin
1983
Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media
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