Customer Reviews

Media Promotion & Marketing for Broadcasting, Cable & the Internet, Fifth Edition

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This book is a typical college textbook. A lot of definitions... a lot of fairly rudimentary information.

It's a good book for people who want to learn basic information about media marketing, but it goes into little to no depth about most aspects of the field.

I also don't get the sense that the authors -- college professors-- have much of a sense of the industry as it is today. Other than a mention of sniping and on-air bugs (which debuted several years ago), the book seems a little out of touch.

Therefore, I wouldn't recommend it to anyone currently working in media marketing, because you'll learn very little new knowledge.

But, as it's not presented as an intermediate or advanced book, it's a good resource for beginners.

I agree with the above reviewer. It is very general -- almost too general for beginners. Not nearly enough concrete examples to help a beginner grasp the concepts. I'm looking for another book for my classes to use.

Even more annoying, the book cracked in half the first time I opened it. I've bought dozens of paperbacks in various genres, and I've never had a paperback do that before. Now I have pages falling out. Very disappointed in the quality of the binding.