Introduction to Mass Communication: Media Literacy and Culture is an integrated program that encourages students to be active media consumers and gives them a deeper understanding of the role that the media plays in both shaping and reflecting culture. Through this cultural perspective, students learn that audience members are as much a part of the mass communication process as are the media producers, technologies, and industries. This was the first, and remains the only, university-level program to make media literacy central to its approach, and given recent national and global turmoil, its emphasis on media use and democracy could not be more timely. New for the eighth edition, Connect Mass Communication combines contemporary course content and groundbreaking digital tools to create a unique learning environment. With Connect Mass Communication, the Introduction to Mass Communication: Media Literacy and Culture program integrates an interactive eBook with dynamic online activities and assignments that help students study more efficiently and effectively. A new bank of CNN videos helps students learn the impact of media through a cultural and global lens. LearnSmart, McGraw-Hill’s adaptive learning system, assesses students’ knowledge of course content and maps out personalized study plans for success.

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McGraw-Hill’s Connect Mass Communication combines contemporary course content and groundbreaking digital tools to create a unique learning environment. •A new bank of CNN videos helps students learn the impact of media through a cultural and global lens. •Media Literacy Worksheets and Media Literacy Challenge activities ask students to think critically about media content they encounter in their daily lives. •LearnSmartTM, McGraw-Hill’s proven adaptive learning system, guides them toward mastery of key course concepts. •A bank of assignable exercises provides a wealth of opportunity for chapter study and assessment. Additionally, Connect Mass Communication integrates a complete interactive eBook of Introduction to Communication: Media Literacy and Culture. With exercises directly mapped to the topics in the book, the students are is only one click away from the textbook. The eBook also includes a powerful search function that allows students to quickly scan the entire book for relevant topics. •Connect is the only integrated learning system that empowers students by continuously adapting to deliver precisely what they need, when they need it, and how they need it, so that your class time is more engaging and effective.

"Instructor's Guide to Connect for Introduction to Mass Communication: Media Literacy and Culture When you assign Connect you can be confidentóand have data to demonstrateóthat your students, however diverse, are acquiring the skills, principles, and critical processes that constitute effective communication. This leaves you to focus on your highest course expectations. TAILORED TO YOU. Connect offers on-demand, single sign-on access to studentsówherever they are and whenever they have time. With a single, one-time registration, students receive access to McGraw-Hillís trusted content. EASY TO USE. Connect seamlessly supports all major learning management systems with content, assignments, performance data, and LearnSmart, the leading adaptive learning system. With these tools you can quickly make assignments, produce reports, focus discussions, intervene on problem topics, and help at-risk studentsóas you need to and when you need to. Introduction to Mass Communication: Media Literacy and Culture SmartBook 2.0"--