Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Media/society -- Media and the social world -- Production: the media industry and the social world -- The economics of the media industry -- Political influence on media -- Media organizations and professionals -- Content : media representations of the social world -- Media and ideology -- Social inequality and media representation -- Audiences : meaning and influence -- Media influence and the political world -- Active audiences and the construction of meaning -- Media technology -- Globalization and the future -- Media in a changing global culture -- References -- Index -- About the authors