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Cover of Understanding Media and Culture: An Introduction to Mass Communication v2.0
Published: 
August 2017
Page Count: 
542
ISBN (Digital): 
978-1-4533-8526-5

Understanding Media and Culture: An Introduction to Mass Communication

Version 2.0
By Jack Lule

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Understanding Media and Culture: An Introduction to Mass Communication is a compelling, historical narrative sketching the ongoing evolution of media and technology. Today’s students are immersed in media–and while they expect new technology, they often lack the historical perspective. This understanding can help today’s learners comprehend, appreciate, anticipate, shape and control media technology.

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Instructor’s Manual

Instructor’s Manual

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Jack Lule Lehigh University

Jack Lule (PhD University of Georgia) is the Iacocca Endowed Professor of Journalism and Communication and Professor of Global Studies at Lehigh University. His research interests include globalization and media, international communication, international news reporting, cultural and critical studies of news, online journalism, and teaching with technology. Jack is the author of the award-winning Daily News, Eternal Stories: The Mythological Role of Journalism, published by Guilford Press. Called “a landmark book in the sociology of news,” the book argues that ancient myths can be found daily in current news pages. He is also the author of Globalization and Media: Global Village of Babel, now in its 4th edition. Jack has written more than 50 scholarly articles and book chapters; contributed to numerous newspapers and periodicals including The Philadelphia Inquirer, and has served as a commentator about the news on National Public Radio, the BBC, and other media outlets. Jack is a member of the editorial board of Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, Journalism and Communication Monographs, and Critical Studies in Media Communication. He has been awarded grants from The New York Times Company Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities and others, and he has received four Lehigh teaching awards.

Additions & Errata

2/1/21

Section 1.8:

Career Connection feature was changed due to two broken links which were referenced in the activity.

3/7/22

Section 12.1: Due to a broken link that this section was originally built around, the author has rewritten the content and provided a new link. Affected supplements have been updated as well.

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