In a society predicated on information, the media has a pervasive presence. From government policy to leisure television, the information age touches us all. The papers collected in this book constitute some of today's leading analyses of the information industry. Together, these essays represent a needed foundation for understanding the present state and future development of the mass media. Current trends in telecommunications as well as media impact on public opinion are presented.

The issues covered in this book cannot be called hot issues but instead must be called 'boiling' issues. Who, except the senders of this dangerous and ever-more sophisticated material, is not attacked everyday? What laws protect us if any? What is being done about it if anything? This book presents the latest progress on these issues which rate extremely high on everyone's list of concerns.