Lecture The dynamics of mass communication: Media in the digital age (10/e): Chapter 2 - Joseph R. Dominick
Chapter 2 - Perspectives on mass communication. In this chapter, you will learn to: understand the differences between the functional approach and the critical/cultural approach to studying mass communications; explain the value of each approach in the analysis of the mass communication process; describe the five functions mass media perform for society; explain uses and gratifications analysis; recognize the dysfunctions of mass communication; understand the concepts of meaning, hegemony, and ideology.
