Mass communications / edited by William P. Lineberry.

[Part I. The impact on society]
Introduction / William P. Lineberry
A force for change and challenge / Wesley C. Clark
Does violence breed violence? / Solomon Simonson
Television and reality-with another view of violence / Neil Compton
The impact according to McLuhan / Richard Kostelanetz
The McLuhan cult / Robert Meister
[Part II. Current trends in the mass media]
Introduction / William P. Lineberry
The promise of communications satellites / L.A. Hyland
The potential of cable TV / Stephen White
What role for public television? / Lester Markel
The suburbs discover radio-and vice versa / Robert Windeler
The growing influence of Black radio / Robert E. Dallos
America's newspapers
a critique / A.H. Raskin
The underground press : a new wrinkle / David Sanford
[Part III. Some achievements and shortcomings : the mass media and their critics]
Introduction / William P. Lineberry
What's right-and wrong-in the mass media / Andre Fontaine
The media barons and the public interest / Nicholas Johnson
Six myths about television / Robert Eck
A critique of TV newscasting / Robert MacNeil
In defense of TV journalism / Reuven Frank
[Part IV. What future for mass communications?]
Introduction / William P. Lineberry
Tomorrow's many-splendored tune-in? / Sanford Brown
The impact on tomorrow's world / Leonard H. Marks.