ABSTRACT

Making Media Content addresses the development of media content and the various factors and constituencies that influence content, such as advertisers, corporate interests, owners, and advocacy groups. It examines the strategic decision-making of mass media organizations as they determine what content they present to their audiences through broadcast, publication, or electronic access. The work focuses on the internal and external influences on media content, laying out the various processes and opening up the topic for further consideration.

This book will appeal to academics in mass media, especially those studying the relationship between mass media organizations and public relations, and advertisers. Practitioners of the media, public relations, and advertising fields would be interested because there are practical applications to their industries and explanations of the communication interactions between these groups.

chapter |12 pages

Introduction

part I|2 pages

Media Powers

chapter 1|10 pages

The Mass Media Responsibility

chapter 2|21 pages

Mass Media Use

chapter 3|23 pages

Mass Media Selecting and Framing

part II|2 pages

The Internal Mass Media Organization

chapter 5|23 pages

Ownership

chapter 6|18 pages

Day-to-Day Decision Makers

part III|2 pages

The External Mass Media Organization: Constituency Groups

chapter 8|26 pages

Advertisers

chapter 9|8 pages

Audience