A Consolidated
History of Media
4th Edition
by Stephen D. Perry, Ph.D.
Summary
Understanding history informs our expectations about the future. When studying mass media from a liberal arts perspective, knowledge of media history provides the foundation for understanding developments in media policy, issues of consolidation, and likely effects of new communication technologies. Too many introductory media textbooks have abandoned the attention to history that students need. Perry's book was written to be used in conjunction with other texts like those by Vivian, Baran, Dominic, Turow, and many others.
In addition, most textbooks that concentrate on media history either focus on the print media to the exclusion of electronic media, or concentrate on broadcast history while only briefly addressing print. This text balances coverage of both. It also addresses the history of film.
About the Author
Stephen Perry is an Associate Professor of Communication at Illinois State University where he teaches the introductory course in mass communication as well as advanced undergraduate and graduate level theory courses. He has also taught at Stillman College and at the University of Alabama.
Perry is the author of over a dozen journal articles published in the Journal of Communication, Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, Journal of Radio Studies, and Mass Communication and Society among others. He also co-edited the textbook Communication Theories for Everyday Life, published by Allyn & Bacon. His research interests include radio history, media effects on society, and religious broadcasting.
Perry has worked as a newspaper and magazine journalist, a radio disc jockey, and a television sports announcer and producer.
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A Consolidated History of Media
Stephen D. Perry, Ph.D.
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ISBN: 0-9748319-1-3 | 122 pages
