For Dan Streible...somewhat of a mixed message...short list, must-

read books on a wide variety of topics.  Sounds like what would be

most helpful is an annotated bibliography on the field.  One that I

have found useful and generally agree with the annotations is:

 

Mass Media Bibliography: An Annotated Guide to Books and Journals for

Research and Reference.

 

By:  Eleanor Blum and Frances Goins Wilhoit

 

Pub: Urbana and Chicago:University of Illinois Press, 1990

 

Some personal favorites:

 

Bagdikian, B.H. (1992).  The media monopoly. (4th ed.). Boston:

Beacon Press.

 

Meyrowitz, J. (1985).  No sense of place: The impact of electronic

media on social behavior. New York: Oxford University Press.

 

Gitlin, T. (ed.). (1986). Watching television: A pantheon guide to

popular culture.  New York: Pantheon Books.

 

Lichter, S. R., Lichter, L. S., & Rothman, S. (1991).  Watching

America: What television tells us about our lives.  New York:

Prentice Hall Press.

 

Go well,  Martha

 

 

 

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