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<p><i>Media and Society: An Introduction,</i> offers an interdisciplinary approach to media as means of social connection in everyday life and beyond.</p><p>Integrating theory and concrete analysis in case studies, exercises, and illustrative examples from around the world, <i>Media and Society: An Introduction</i> delivers a go-to reference work for learning about one of the essential social infrastructures of the twenty-first century. Standing on the shoulders of classic communication models, and covering legacies of research about media institutions, media texts, and media users, the chapters include both how-to sections on methods addressing current digital media forms and reflective segments that place TikTok, ChatGPT, and the emerging Internet of Things in the longer history of human communication.</p><p>As a comprehensive and up-to-date textbook on key conceptual, analytical, and normative issues facing students of media and communication today, this book is a practically applicable resource for teaching and learning about media, in the classroom, in self-study, and in different world regions. As such, it is a key resource for undergraduate students and professors in the fields of media, communication, and cultural studies.</p>