Media literacy /
W. James Potter, University of California, Santa Barbara.
- 8th ed.
- Los Angeles : SAGE, 2016.
- xxiii,546 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I: Introduction -- Why increase media literacy? -- Media literacy approach -- Part II: Audience -- Individual perspective on audience -- Industry perspective on audience -- Children as a special audience -- Part III: Industry -- Development of the mass media industried -- Economic perspective -- Part IV: Content -- Media content and reality -- News -- Entertainment -- Advertising -- Interactive media -- Part V: Effects -- Broadening our perspective on media effects -- How does the effects process work? -- Part VI: Confornting the issues -- Who owns and controls the mass media? -- Privacy -- Piracy -- Media violence -- Sports -- Part VII: The springboard -- Helping yourself and others to increase media literacy.