Mass Communications A Comparative Introduction The rise of mass communications has fundamentally reshaped the modern world In this comparative introduction Lorimer surveys not only the different types of media and their attendant technologies bu

The rise of mass communications has fundamentally reshaped the modern world In this comparative introduction, Lorimer surveys not only the different types of media and their attendant technologies, but the theories used to understand the subject He provides an international perspective, drawing on examples from the UK, USA, Canada, Australia, Japan and various European cThe rise of mass communications has fundamentally reshaped the modern world In this comparative introduction, Lorimer surveys not only the different types of media and their attendant technologies, but the theories used to understand the subject He provides an international perspective, drawing on examples from the UK, USA, Canada, Australia, Japan and various European countries.