McQuail′s Reader in Mass Communication Theory provides an invaluable resource of key statements drawn from communication studies, media sociology and cultural studies, and includes an overview essay and section introductions which place the readings in their theoretical and methodological context. Designed as a companion to McQuail′s Mass Communication Theory, it can also function independently of that text. Divided into ten parts: Approaches and Conceptual Issues; Mass Media and Society; From Old to New Media; Normative Theory; Global Mass Communication; Media Organization and Production; Media Content; The Media Audience; and Mass Media and Effects, this collection represents an essential sourcebook for all students of media and mass communication. McQuails Reader in Mass Communication Theory includes key statements from; Pertti Alasuutari Ien Ang Jan L. Bordewijk Jay G. Blumler Roland Barthes Oliver Boyd-Barrett Muriel G. Cantor James Carey Peter Dahlgren Daniel Dayan Everette E. Dennis Todd Gitlin Alvin W. Gouldner Robert M. Entman Celia von Feilitzen Marjorie Ferguson Edward S. Herman Terhi Rantanen Stuart Hall Joli Jenson Elihu Katz Judith Lichtenberg John H. McManus Joshua Meyrowitz C. Wright Mills Merrill Morris John C. Nerone W. R. Neumann Janice Radway Ronald E. Rice Karl Erik Rosengren James Slevin Pamela J. Shoemaker John Tomlinson Gaye Tuchman Ellen Wartella Judith Williamson Dolf Zillmann Liesbet van Zoonen