Incisive analyses of mass media – including such formsas talk shows, MTV, the Internet, soap operas, television sitcoms, dramatic series, pornography, and advertising―enable this provocative new edition of Gender, Race and Class in Media to engage students in critical mass media scholarship. Issues of power related to gender, race, and class are integrated into a wide range of articles examining the economic and cultural implications of mass media as institutions, including the political economy of media production, textual analysis, and media consumption.
