Section outline

    • "Mass Communication: Living in a Media World" by Ralph E. Hanson

    • "Introduction to Mass Communication: Media Literacy and Culture" by Stanley Baran

    • "The Media and Modernity: A Social Theory of the Media" by John B. Thompson

    • "Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man" by Marshall McLuhan

    • "Communication Theories: Origins, Methods, and Uses in the Mass Media" by Werner J. Severin and James W. Tankard