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MEDIA AND SOCIETY: SUMMER 2019

This book is a compilation of student-produced content from students in COM 140 Media and Society at Dutchess Community College in the summer of 2019. This course presents students with a comprehensive history of world mass communications and media's impact on society throughout the world. The course presents the impact of media technology on culture and how the structure and organization of the media industry influences content. It also explores how "new media" have changed the way we see the world, altered the way we get information, and colored the way other cultures view American society. This book shall serve as an introduction to the key terms, ideas, and debates within the field of media studies as seen through the lens of college students.