Bücher der Reihe Sociology Re-Wired

"All Media Are Social offers an introduction to the wide-ranging field of media sociology. Covering political economy, media representation, and media effects, Lindner and Barnard synthesize empirical findings, while explaining with examples and clear prose"--

A study of Nevada's brothels that situates America's only legal brothel industry in the political economy of contemporary tourism. It brings social theory on globalizing economies, politics, leisure consumption, and emotional labor in interactive service work together with research on contemporary prostitution and sexual commerce.

Why do individuals and groups hold distinctive theological views? In what ways do theological interpretations influence concepts of spiritual and political justice? This work explores the impact of theological interpretations about God, the individual, society, church, and government on attitudes toward procedural and distributive justice.

Suitable for use as a core or secondary text in lower division social inequalities or social problems courses, this book explains how the changing nature and uses of the Internet not only mirror today's social inequalities, but also are at the heart of how stratification is now taking place.