TY - BOOK AU - Brcker, Samuel L. TI - Discovering mass communication. SN - 0673183904 AV - P90.B34 U1 - 001.51 PY - 1987/// CY - Glenville, IL PB - Scot, Forman & Co KW - Mass communication N1 - Includes index; Contents: Mass communication processes: Our communication environment -- Exposure to mass communication -- Constructing the world in your head -- Individual media: Books: the birth of mass communication -- Newspapers: the fourth estate -- Magazines: something for everyone -- Motion pictures: the myth and the reality -- Recordings: the medium for every mood -- Radio: the shadow medium -- Television: window on many worlds -- Portents of the future -- Controlling the media: Economic controls on the media: advertising and public relations -- External controls on the media -- Internal controls on the media -- Impact: The functions of mass communication -- The effects of mass communication -- ER -