Mass communication: an introduction. /
John R. Bittner.
- 5th ed.
- Englewood Cliffs : Prentice Hall, 1989.
- xxiii, 440 p. : ill. ; 25 CM.
Includes index.
Contents: What is mass communication? -- Newspapers -- Magazines -- Book publishing -- Radio -- Television -- Photography and photojournalism -- Motion pictures -- The recording industry -- Advertising -- Public relations -- Mass media news -- Mass communication and new technologies -- Computers and data processing in mass communication -- Wire services, syndicates, and networks -- International mass communication: history and control -- Legal issues and the working press -- Audience and effects of mass communications -- Media ethics and social issues.