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"Advertising generally works to reinforce consumer trends rather than to initiate them." -- Michael Schudson
Michael Schudson is an American academic sociologist working in the fields of journalism and its history, and public culture.

He was brought up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He has an undergraduate degree from Swarthmore College, and a doctorate in sociology from Harvard University. From 1976 he was assistant professor at the University of Chicago. In 1980 he joined the faculty of University of California, San Diego, where he was a Professor of Communication and Adjunct Professor of Sociology until 2009. He is currently a full-time faculty member of The Journalism School at Columbia University.

He received a MacArthur Foundation award in 1990.

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Total Books: 25
Why Journalism Still Matters
2018 - Why Journalism Still Matters (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781509528059
ISBN-10: 1509528059
Genre: Reference
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The News Media What Everyone Needs to Know
2016 - The News Media What Everyone Needs to Know (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780190206208
ISBN-10: 0190206209
Genres: Reference, Politics & Social Sciences
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The Rise of the Right to Know Politics and the Culture of Transparency 19451975
The Sociology of News
2011 - The Sociology of News [Second Edition - Contemporary Societies Series] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780393912876
ISBN-10: 0393912876
Genre: Nonfiction
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The Good Citizen A History of American CIVIC Life
Why Democracies Need an Unlovable Press
2008 - Why Democracies Need an Unlovable Press (Hardcover)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780745644523
ISBN-10: 074564452X
Genre: Nonfiction
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The GOOD CITIZEN  A History of American CIVIC Life
1998 - The Good Citizen a History of American Civic Life (Hardcover)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780684827292
ISBN-10: 0684827298
Genres: History, Nonfiction
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The Power of News
1996 - The Power of News (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780674695870
ISBN-10: 0674695879
Genres: Reference, Nonfiction
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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Watergate in American Memory How We Remember Forget and Reconstruct the Past
Advertising the Uneasy Persuasion Its Dubious Impact on American Society
1993 - Advertising the Uneasy Persuasion Its Dubious Impact on American Society [Communication and Society] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780415084994
ISBN-10: 0415084997
Genres: Business & Money, Engineering & Transportation
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Rethinking Popular Culture Contemporary Perspectives in Cultural Studies
1991 - Rethinking Popular Culture Contemporary Perspectives in Cultural Studies (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780520068933
ISBN-10: 0520068939
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 4

Discovering the News A Social History of American Newspapers
1980 - Discovering the News a Social History of American Newspapers (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780465016662
ISBN-10: 0465016669
Genre: Reference
  • Currently 2/5 Stars.
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Discovering The News
1978 - Discovering the News (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780465016693
ISBN-10: 0465016693
Genres: Reference, Nonfiction
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Justice Dimensions of Culture 2 [College Custom, Winter Quarter 1997] (Paperback)
Advertising the Uneasy Persuasion
Advertising the Uneasy Persuasion (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780465000791
ISBN-10: 0465000797
Genre: Business & Money
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News Media and the Democratic Process
News Media and the Democratic Process (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780898430547
ISBN-10: 0898430542
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History of the Book in American Literature Vol 1 the James Russell Wiggins Lectures 19831990 [The James Russell Wiggins lectures in the history of the book in American culture] (Paperback)