Brienza, C and Revers, M orcid.org/0000-0002-6266-4967 (2016) The Field of American Media Sociology: Origins, Resurrection, and Consolidation. Sociology Compass, 10 (7). pp. 539-552. ISSN 1751-9020
Abstract
This contribution is written against the backdrop of the historic dispersal of early American media sociology out from the core concerns of the discipline and into various importer academic disciplines (including communication, journalism, and media studies) and an ever‐growing pervasiveness of media in everyday life which is reflected by a resurgence of sociological scholarship in the United States since the early 2000s. The article divides the field in works that study media inwards – along the threefold dimensions of production and technologies, communication and discourse, reception and effects – and works that study media outwards. We argue that this latter perspective, examining broader theoretical, methodological, and substantive social implications of mass‐mediated communication, is the most promising one for a mature field of American media sociology. On this basis, we conclude with some suggestions regarding possible new, and as of yet understudied, lines of inquiry for future media sociologists.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Brienza, C., and Revers, M. (2016) The Field of American Media Sociology: Origins, Resurrection, and Consolidation. Sociology Compass, 10: 539–552. doi: 10.1111/soc4.12384. , which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/soc4.12384. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Media & Communication (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 29 Jun 2018 11:05 |
Last Modified: | 04 Jul 2018 00:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/soc4.12384 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:132746 |