Media/History/Society offers a cultural history of media in the United States, shifting the lens of media history from media developments and evolution to a focus on changes in culture and society, emphasizing how media shaped and were shaped by these trends, policies, and cultural shifts.

• Covers the topics that instructors want to teach
  
• Provides a timely and relevant culturally determined perspective on media history in American society
  
• Organized thematically rather than chronologically
  
• Links history to contemporary issues, setting journalism into a broader historical context
  
• Includes alternate table of contents, discussion questions, an instructor’s manual, and sample exams

Janet M. Cramer is Associate Professor of Communication and Journalism at the University of New Mexico-Albuquerque.