Taking advantage of electronic information bases, Altheide, whose previous interpretive studies of the mass media are well known, uses a "tracking discourse" method to show how the nature and use of t
Altheide's new book advances the argument set in motion some years ago with 'Media Logic' and continued in 'Media Worlds in the Postjournalism Era:' that in our age, information technology and the com
This book challenges social science to address the most important social change since the industrial revolution: the mediated communication order. More of our everyday lives and social institutions re
Throughout the world, the mass media are responsible for shaping the form and content of experiences. In this book, David L. Altheide examines how the mass media, including news and popular culture,
Over the past 45 years, award-winning sociologist David L. Altheide has illuminated how media formats and media logic affect our understanding of social issues, of how political decisions are made, an
In this powerful new book, sociologist David L. Altheide demonstrates how the mass media constructs a politics of fear in America. He argues that politicians and decision-makers bear much of the blame
In this powerful new book, sociologist David L. Altheide demonstrates how the mass media constructs a politics of fear in America. He argues that politicians and decision-makers bear much of the blame
Over the past 45 years, award-winning sociologist David L. Altheide has illuminated how media formats and media logic affect our understanding of social issues, of how political decisions are made, an
Targeting social scientists, Altheide updates his thinking and looks at how media logic--defined as central to the process of the social construction of reality, i.e., what is normal and typical--and
A sociologist who has long studied media logic and the ecology of communications, Altheide (justice and social inquire, Arizona State U.) here examines how news, popular culture, and other mass media
Altheide's new book advances the argument set in motion some years ago with 'Media Logic' and continued in 'Media Worlds in the Postjournalism Era:' that in our age, information technology and the com
For students and researchers, Altheide (justice and social inquiry, Arizona State U.) and Schneider (sociology, U. of British Columbia, Canada) explain how to use qualitative approaches to analyze med
This book illustrates how social media and related changes in communication formats have affected the public face of policing and police work using Canada as a case study. Schneider argues that police
Existential sociology was developed in San Diego, California during the 1970s by Jack Douglas, with students and colleagues, as a critique of both mainstream Parsonian structural-functionalism and som