New to this Every new copy of Mass Media/Mass Culture is packaged with a Free Making the Grade CD-ROM , Free Access to An Online Reader and Resource Guide , and a Free Text-Specific Online Learning Center Website . Written for the Introduction to Mass Communication course, Mass Media/Mass An Introduction demonstrates how media impacts our culture today, and how the interrelationship of media and culture has influenced our civilization since dawn of mass communication. This textbook gives students the tools to understand the world around them and teaches them how to critically analyze the media that influences their lives.