Communicating unreality : modern media and the reconstruction of reality /

This study reviews the images and meanings which play a vital role in our mass-mediated world. The author demonstrates that there is often a large gap between reality and the reconstruction of realities as communicated by the mass media.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Weimann, Gabriel, 1950-
Corporate Author: Sage Publications
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; London : SAGE, c1999.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:This study reviews the images and meanings which play a vital role in our mass-mediated world. The author demonstrates that there is often a large gap between reality and the reconstruction of realities as communicated by the mass media.
Physical Description:1 online resource (456 pages)
Audience:Specialized.
ISBN:9781452233321 (ebook) :