1 Mass Communication: A Critical Approach 3

2 Books and the Power of Print 33

3 Newspapers: The Rise and Decline of Modern Journalism 61

4 Magazines in the Age of Specialization 95

5 Sound Recording and Popular Music 127

6 Popular Radio and the Origins of Broadcasting 161

7 Movies and the Impact of Images 193

8 Television, Cable, and Specialization in Visual Culture 225

9 The Internet and New Technologies: The Media Converge 263

10 Electronic Gaming and the Media Playground 291