Connections focuses on the interrelationship between technologies and considers such social issues as technological innovation, economics, social values, ethics, and societal change.

Connections: Technologies of Communication

Politics & Social Sciences

Hanson,Jarice

Social Sciences

Harpercollins College Div

This debate-style reader is designed to introduce students to controversies in mass media. The readings, which represent the arguments of leading scholars and media commentators, reflect a variety of viewpoints and have been selected for their liveliness and substance and because of their value in a debate framework. Taking Sides actively develops critical thinking skills by requiring students to analyze opposing viewpoints and reach considered judgements.

Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in Mass Media and Society

Alexander,Alison

Mcgraw-Hill College

This debate-style reader is designed to introduce students to controversies in mass media. The readings, which represent the arguments of leading scholars and media commentators, reflect a variety of viewpoints and have been selected for their liveliness and substance and because of their value in a debate framework. Taking Sides actively develops critical thinking skills by requiring students to analyze opposing viewpoints and reach considered judgments.

McGraw-Hill/Dushkin

Humor & Entertainment

TAKING SIDES: CLASHING VIEWS IN MASS MEDIA presents current controversial issues in a debate-style format designed to stimulate student interest and develop critical thinking skills. Each issue is thoughtfully framed with an issue summary, an issue introduction, and a postscript. An instructor�s manual with testing material is available for each volume. USING TAKING SIDES IN THE CLASSROOM is also an excellent instructor resource with practical suggestions on incorporating this effective approach in the classroom. Each TAKING SIDES reader features an annotated listing of selected World Wide Web sites and is supported by our student website, www.dushkin.com/online.

Taking Sides: Clashing Views in Mass Media and Society

This Tenth Edition of TAKING SIDES: CLASHING VIEWS IN MASS MEDIA presents current controversial issues in a debate-style format designed to stimulate student interest and develop critical thinking skills. Each issue is thoughtfully framed with an issue summary, an issue introduction, and a postscript. An instructor’s manual with testing material is available for each volume. USING TAKING SIDES IN THE CLASSROOM, ISBN 0073343900 is also an excellent instructor resource with practical suggestions on incorporating this effective approach in the classroom. Each TAKING SIDES reader features an annotated listing of selected World Wide Web sites and is supported by our student website, www.dushkin.com/online.

Mass Media and Society: Taking Sides - Clashing Views in Mass Media and Society

Taking Sides volumes present current controversial issues in a debate-style format designed to stimulate student interest and develop critical thinking skills. Each issue is thoughtfully framed with Learning Outcomes, an Issue Summary, an Introduction, and an Exploring the Issue section featuring Critical Thinking and Reflection, Is There Common Ground?, and Additional Resources. Taking Sides readers also offer a Topic Guide and an annotated listing of Internet References for further consideration of the issues. An online Instructor’s Resource Guide with testing material is available for each volume. Using Taking Sides in the Classroom is also an excellent instructor resource. Visit www.mhhe.com/takingsides for more details.

Taking Sides: Clashing Views in Mass Media and Society, Expanded

Just as the automobile radically changed people's lives at the beginning of the 20th century, so too has the revolution in online services (including blogging, podcasting, videogaming, shopping, and social networking) and cell-phone use changed our lives at the turn of the 21st century. In addition, many other services, activities, and devices―including the Palm Pilot, the BlackBerry, the iPod, digital cameras, and cell cameras―have been made possible by the combination of these two technologies. Whereas the automobile allowed people for the first time to work in cities and live comfortably in the suburbs, extending the long commute beyond the limits previously circumscribed by public transportation, the Internet and cell phone allow us to interact with others from around the world―or a few hundred miles―from where we work or live, giving rise to the telecommuting phenomenon and allowing us to stay in touch with friends and families in the new virtual environment. As Hanson demonstrates in her new book, these technologies enable us to work and play 24/7, anytime, anywhere.
What does this mean for us as individuals and for society as a whole? What are the social implications of this technological revolution that we have witnessed in the short span of about 20 years? Do people of different generations use these technologies in the same ways, or do they adopt them to support their communication habits formed at different times of their lives? How does the illusion of control provided by these technologies affect the way we think about what is meaningful in our lives? Hanson examines the wide-ranging impact of this change. How do individuals posting their viewpoints on the Internet affect democracy? Is it possible to ever completely prevent identity theft over the Internet? How permanent is information stored on the Internet or on a hard drive? Do cell phones change the way people think about privacy or the way they communicate with others? Does email? Do videogames teach new social principles? Do cell phones and the Internet change traditional communication behaviors and attitudes? Hanson discusses these crucial issues and explores to what extent individuals do have control, and she assesses how social and governmental services are responding to (or running from) the problems posed by these new technologies.

24/7: How Cell Phones and the Internet Change the Way We Live, Work, and Play

Computers & Technology

Networking & Cloud Computing

Praeger

Understanding Video: Applications, Impact and Theory (Commtext Series)

Understanding Video examines the aesthetic, perceptual and practical uses of new video technologies. Bringing together social and theoretical perspectives, Hanson shows us ways of understanding both the content and form of this important medium. She considers video as a form of visual communication and discusses the impact of video technology in the arts, in industry and in the home. She also develops a theory of video communication.

Sage Publications, Inc.

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Connections: Technologies of Communication

Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in Mass Media and Society

Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in Mass Media and Society

Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in Mass Media and Society

Taking Sides: Clashing Views in Mass Media and Society

Mass Media and Society: Taking Sides - Clashing Views in Mass Media and Society

Taking Sides: Clashing Views in Mass Media and Society

Taking Sides: Clashing Views in Mass Media and Society, Expanded

24/7: How Cell Phones and the Internet Change the Way We Live, Work, and Play

Understanding Video: Applications, Impact and Theory (Commtext Series)