大眾傳播和社會的使命是從各種角度和方法發表文章，以推進大眾傳播理論，特別是在社會或宏觀社會層面。它大量借鑒了許多其他學科，包括社會學、心理學、人類學、哲學、法律和歷史。從方法上講，期刊文章采用定性和定量方法、調查研究、人種學、實驗室實驗、歷史方法和法律分析。

Mass Communication and Society’s mission is to publish articles from a wide variety of perspectives and approaches that advance mass communication theory, especially at the societal or macrosocial level. It draws heavily from many other disciplines, including sociology, psychology, anthropology, philosophy, law, and history. Methodologically, journal articles employ qualitative and quantitative methods, survey research, ethnography, laboratory experiments, historical methods, and legal analysis.