Battleground : the media / edited by Robin Andersen and Jonathan Gray.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 585-597) and index.

v. 1. A-N -- volume 2. O-Z.

Advertising and Persuasion / Robin Andersen -- Al-Jazeera / Mohammed el-Nawawy -- A La Carte Pricing / John McMurria -- Alternative Media / DeeDee Halleck -- Anonymous Sources, Leaks, and National Security / Tom Goldstein -- Audience Power to Resist / Jonathan Gray -- Bias and Objectivity / Bob Hackett -- Blogosphere : Politics and Internet Journalism / Aaron Barlow -- Body Image / Jean Retzinger -- Bollywood and the Indian Diaspora / Aswin Punathambekar -- Branding the Globe : Exporting Prosperity or Accumulating Wealth? / Katherine Frith -- Cable Carriage Disputes / John McMurria -- Cable News and Talk / Jeff Cohen and Robin Andersen -- Celebrity Worship and Fandom / Cornel Sandvoss -- Children and Effects : From Sesame Street to Columbine / Heather Hendershot -- Communication and Knowledge Labor / Vincent Mosco -- Communication Rights in a Global Context / Victor W. Pickard -- Conglomeration and Media Monopolies / William M. Kunz -- Cultural Appropriation / James Lull -- Cultural Imperialism and Hybridity / Nancy Morris -- Dating Shows / Jonathan Gray -- Digital Divide / Chad Raphael -- The DVD : Home Viewing of Movies Comes of Age / Aaron Barlow -- Embedding Journalists : How Close is too Close? / Robin Andersen and Justin Lewis -- Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered, and Queer Representations on TV / C. Lee Harrington -- Global Community Media / John Downing -- Google Book Search / Paul Vinelli -- Government Censorship and Freedom of Speech / Gwenyth Jackaway -- Hypercommercialism / Robin Andersen -- Independent Cinema : The Myth and Necessity of Distinction / Ernest Mathijs -- Innovation and Imitation in Commercial Media / Jason Mittell -- Internet and Its Radical Potential / Patrick Burkart -- Islam and the Media / Deepa Kumar -- The iTunes Effect / Tom McCourt -- Journalists in Peril / Beth Knobel -- Media and Citizenship / Karin Wahl-Jorgensen -- Media and Electoral Campaigns / Robin Andersen -- Media and the Crisis of Values / Michael V. Tueth -- Media Justice Media Literacy : Creating Better Citizens or Better Consumers / Bill Yousman -- Media Reform / Brenna Wolf -- Media Watch Groups / Christopher Vaughan -- Minority Media Ownership / Arthur S. Hayes -- Mobile Media / Paul Levinson -- Narrative Power and Media Influence / James VanOosting -- National Public Radio / Tom McCourt -- Nationalism and the Media / Jonathan Gray -- Net Neutrality / Steve Anderson -- News Satire : Comedy Central and Beyond / Jonathan Gray Obscenity and Indecency / Gwenyth Jackaway -- Online Digital Film and Television / Tamao Nakahara -- Online Publishing / Avi Santo -- Paparazzi and Photographic Ethics / Robin Andersen -- Parachute Journalism : International News Reporting / Christopher Vaughan -- PBS / Laurie Ouellette -- Pharmaceutical Advertising / Tissa Richards -- Piracy and Intellectual Property / Carl McKinney -- Pirate Radio / Kate Coyer -- Political Documentary : Fahrenheit 9/ 11 and the 2004 Election / J. Scott Oberacker -- Political Entertainment : From The West Wing to South Park / Jonathan Gray -- Polling Pornography / Jane Caputi and Casey McCabe -- Presidential Stagecraft and Militainment / Robin Andersen -- Product Placement / Matt Soar -- Propaganda and Its Filters / Jeffrey Klaehn -- Public Access Television / Carlos Pareja -- Public Opinion Public Relations / David Miller -- Public Sphere / Cornel Sandvoss -- Ratings / Philip M. Napoli -- Reality Television / Jack Z. Bratich -- Regulating the Airwaves : "A Toaster with Pictures" or a Public Service? / Allison Perlman -- Representations of Class / Laurie Ouellette -- Representations of Masculinity / Mike Gant -- Representations of Race / L. S. Kim -- Representations of the Environment / Robin Andersen -- Representations of Women / Lisa Brooten -- Runaway Productions and the Globalization of Hollywood / Serra Tinic -- Sensationalism, Fear Mongering, and Tabloid News / Margot Hardenbergh -- Shock Jocks : Making Mayhem over the Airwaves / David Sanjek -- Surveillance and Privacy / Mark Andrejevic -- TiVO : De-clocking America / Jason Mittell -- Tourism and the Selling of Cultures / John Hutnyk -- Transmedia Storytelling and Media Franchises / Ivan Askwith and Jonathan Gray -- TV in Schools / Brian Goldfarb -- User-created Content and Audience Participation / Joshua Green -- Video Games / Garry Crawford -- Video News Releases : A Hidden Epidemic of Fake TV News / Diane Farsetta -- Violence and Media : From Media Effects to Moral Panics / Talmadge Wright -- Women's Magazines / Amy Aronson -- World Cinema / Robin Andersen -- Youth and Media Use / Dov Hirsch.