This fifth edition of the successful Promotion and Marketing for Broadcasting, Cable, and the Web, 4ed takes an important, timely look at the newest media venue, the Internet. Under its new title, Media Promotion and Marketing for Broadcast, Cable and the Internet, 5ed it takes a fresh look at the industry and the latest strategies for media promotion and marketing. The book explores the scope and goals of media production from the perspectives of network and local television, cable, Internet and radio, including public broadcasting. Topics include: goals of promotion; research in promotion; on-air, print, and Web message design; radio promotion; television network and station promotion and new campaigns; non-commercial radio and television promotion; cable marketing and promotion; research and budgeting for promotion; syndicated program marketing; global and international promotion and marketing; and online marketing and promotion.

Promotion and marketing are key to communicating the attractiveness of media goods and services to the public in a free society. Promotion and Marketing for Broadcasting, Cable and the Web, Fourth Edition explores the scope and goals of media promotion from the perspective of radio, network and local television, and cable and public broadcasting. The third edition of this highly-regarded textbook was updated to encompass the immense structural, technological, and economic changes in the industry since the early 1990s. The role of the World Wide Web and of global and international promotion and marketing were introduced to bring the most current theory and practice to students and media professionals. The fourth edition brings the ever-evolving mission of the web into even greater focus with a new chapter on internet commerce and competition, and the widespread use if the internet as an advertising medium. Other topics covered in this book include: goals of promotion; research in promotion; on-air, print, and web message design; radio promotion, TV network and station promotion, and news campaigns; noncommercial radio and TV promotion; cable marketing and promotion; research and budgeting for promotion; and syndicated program marketing. Promotion and Marketing for Broadcasting, Cable and the Web has been endorsed by Promax, the national association for marketing executives in electronic media. Promax has provided a companion video for classroom use, containing examples of the many ways in which the media promote themselves.

Promotion & Marketing for Broadcasting, Cable and the Web has remained one of the only books about promotion for radio, TV, cable, and now the web. The latest edition of this highly-regarded textbook has been updated to encompass the enormous structural and economic changes in the industry since the early 90s. New emphasis is placed on the role of the World Wide Web and global marketing. The fourth edition brings the ever-evolving mission of the web into even greater focus with a new chapter on internet commerce and competition, and the widespread use if the internet as an advertising medium. Among the topics covered in this text are: goals of promotion; research in promotion; on-air, print and web message design; radio promotion, TV network and station promotion and news campaigns; non-commercial radio and TV promotion; cable marketing and promotion; research and budgeting for promotion; syndicated program marketing; global and international promotion and marketing.

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