Mass Communication And American Social Thought

Author : John Durham Peters,Peter Simonson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0742528391

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Mass Communication and American Social Thought by John Durham Peters,Peter Simonson Pdf

This anthology of hard-to-find primary documents provides a solid overview of the foundations of American media studies. Focusing on mass communication and society and how this research fits into larger patterns of social thought, this valuable collection features key texts covering the media studies traditions of the Chicago school, the effects tradition, the critical theory of the Frankfurt school, and mass society theory. Where possible, articles are reproduced in their entirety to preserve the historical flavor and texture of the original works. Topics include popular theater, yellow journalism, cinema, books, public relations, political and military propaganda, advertising, opinion polling, photography, the avant-garde, popular magazines, comics, the urban press, radio drama, soap opera, popular music, and television drama and news. This text is ideal for upper-level courses in mass communication and media theory, media and society, mass communication effects, and mass media history.

Author : Paddy Scannell
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2009-09-26
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781849208307

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Media and Communication by Paddy Scannell Pdf

"An excellent book providing students with a historical understanding of mass media and communication. Theories, concepts and models are intertwined throughout the chapters challenging students to critically understand and evaluate the role of mass media in society." - Stephanie Goodwin, University of Central Lancashire "In a field whose boundaries are porous and where there is no consensus as to the core concepts, theories and thinkers, Scannell brings certainty to his effort to identify key moments in the history of the study of the media and communication... Essential reading for anyone interested in the historical development of the study of the media in the US and the UK." - Times Higher Education "His account of these major writers and movements is both comprehensive and clearly written, and will be appreciated by students and academics alike... It is the detail of the historical contexts that makes his writing a refreshing look at the history of media and communication in the twentieth century." - Media International Australia Magisterial in scope, Media and Communication traces the historical development of media and communication studies. Media Studies itself has a short history but many antecedents, and in this comprehensive and compelling book, Paddy Scannell sets out to describe and analysize its formulation in North America and Europe. Media and Communication: Offers an accessible and comprehensive analysis of the development of media and communication theory. Includes a summary outline of all the key thinkers. Looks at the study of communication across a range of disciplines - history, literature, sociology, philosophy and linguistics. Challenges readers to engage with the central importance of communication. It will be an invaluable resource for upper level undergraduate and postgraduate students of media and communication, cultural studies and sociology.

Author : Hanno Hardt
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780742511347

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Social Theories of the Press by Hanno Hardt Pdf

Foreword / James W. Carey Preface 1 Mass Communication Research and Society: An Introduction 1 2 Communication and Change: Karl Marx on Press Freedom 19 3 The Nerves of Society: Albert Schaffle on Symbolic Communication 43 4 The News of Society: Karl Knies on Communication and Transportation 67 5 The Linkages of Society: Karl Bucher on Commerce and the Press 85 6 The Mirrors of Society: Ferdinand Tonnies on the Press and Public Opinion 107 7 The Conscience of Society: Max Weber on Journalism and Responsibility 127 8 The "American Science" of Society: Albion Small, Edward Ross, and William Sumner on Communication and the Press 143 9 Communication and Social Thought: Decentering the Discourse of Mass Communication Research 169 Notes and References 185 Index 203 About the Author 211.

Author : James Rorty
Publisher : mediastudies.press
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781951399016

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Our Master's Voice by James Rorty Pdf

"I was an ad-man once," James Rorty writes in this classic dissection of the advertising industry. Steeped in Rorty’s leftist politics, Our Master’s Voice presents advertising as the linchpin of a capitalist economy that it also helps justify. The book set off tremors when it was published in 1934, perhaps because its author so decisively repudiated his former profession. But Rorty and his spirited takedown of publicity were all but forgotten a decade later. The book is a neglected masterpiece, republished in this mediastudies.press edition with a new introduction by Jefferson Pooley.

Author : Peter Simonson
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780252077050

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Refiguring Mass Communication by Peter Simonson Pdf

This book is a unique inquiry into the history and the ongoing moral significance of mass communication as an idea and social form.

Author : James W. Carey
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 041590725X

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Communication as Culture by James W. Carey Pdf

Carey's seminal work joins central issues in the field and redefines them. It will force the reader to think in new and fruitful ways about such dichotomies as transmissions vs. ritual, administrative vs. critical, positivist vs. marxist, and cultural vs. power-orientated approaches to communications study. An historically inspired treatment of major figures and theories, required reading for the sophisticated scholar' - George Gerbner, University of Pennsylvania ...offers a mural of thought with a rich background, highlighted by such thoughts as communication being the 'maintenance of society in time'. - Cast/Communication Booknotes These essays encompass much more than a critique of an academic discipline. Carey's lively thought, lucid style, and profound scholarship propel the reader through a wide and varied intellectual landscape, particularly as these issues have affected Modern American thought. As entertaining as it is enlightening, Communication as Culture is certain to become a classic in its field.

Author : Peyton Paxson
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2010-10-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781441108951

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Mass Communications and Media Studies by Peyton Paxson Pdf

"Peyton Paxson succinctly describes the forces deconstructing the establishment media while providing a grounded introduction to mass communication." Bick Treut Communication Studies, Raritan Valley Community College, New Jersey Mass Communications and Media Studies: An Introduction serves as a primary text for media studies courses at two-year colleges. It briefly surveys the history of mass communication media, discusses the current state of each medium, and anticipates the future of mass media. Its focus is a study of the mass media industry and the role it plays in society, which distinguishes it from books that focus solely on communications theory. The book's presentation addresses the needs of both students and faculty members. It includes helpful pedagogical features at the end of each chapter, containing discussion questions and links to additional online resources. The format of the book allows it to be used in courses that analyze the mass media through social and cultural criticism as well as in courses that emphasize the economic structure of the mass media industry. Mass Communications and Media Studies: An Introduction is comprehensive yet concise. Divided into twelve chapters, it can be used in either 16-week semesters or 12-week terms. Focused in its approach and comprehensive in its coverage, this is the textbook of choice for mass communication and media studies students.

Author : Hanno Hardt
Publisher : SAGE Publications, Incorporated
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1979-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : STANFORD:36105035520167

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Social Theories of the Press by Hanno Hardt Pdf

A book which concentrates on the reflections of early American sociologists and their German colleagues or teachers who have contributed to the development of communication and mass communication in the US and elsewhere. It suggests that the intellectual history of the field may yield theoretical insights on the relationship between communication and advancement of society, which may in turn have consequences for the development of communication and mass communication research today. 'This is one of the more important bits of historical digging in some time...it helps to create a larger theoretical basis for historical studies in communication development.' -- Mass Media Booknotes, September 1979

Author : Joli Jensen
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Art
ISBN : 0742517411

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Is Art Good for Us? by Joli Jensen Pdf

Are the arts good for us? This book questions our taken-for-granted assumptions about the transformational powers of high culture by critiquing an instrumental American heritage of beliefs about the arts. Jensen argues that faith in high culture's unproven ability to transform people and society allows social critics to keep faith with the idea of a democratic society while deploring popular culture. Employing perspectives from Tocqueville and Dewey, she argues that the arts are good, but they don't do good. Instead of expecting the arts to improve things (and blaming the media for ruining them) we need to recognize that it is up to us, not "the arts" to make the world a better place.

Author : Daniel J. Czitrom
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2010-02-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780807899205

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Media and the American Mind by Daniel J. Czitrom Pdf

In a fascinating and comprehensive intellectual history of modern communication in America, Daniel Czitrom examines the continuing contradictions between the progressive possibilities that new communications technologies offer and their use as instruments of domination and exploitation.

Author : Catherine L. Covert,John D. Stevens
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1984-06-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0815623070

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Mass Media Between the Wars by Catherine L. Covert,John D. Stevens Pdf

Author : James W. Carey
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2008-10-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781135857035

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Communication as Culture, Revised Edition by James W. Carey Pdf

Maintains that communication is not merely the transmission of information; reminding the reader of the link between the words "communication" and "community". This title questions the American tradition of focusing only on mass communication's function as a means of social and political control.

Author : Hanno Hardt
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2008-02-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134910328

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Critical Communication Studies by Hanno Hardt Pdf

The development of communication studies has been a lively process of adoption and integration of theoretical constructs from Pragmatism, Critical Theory and Cultural Studies. Critical Communication Studies describes the intellectual and professional forces that have shaped research interests and formed alliances in the pursuit of particular goals. Hanno Hardt reflects on the need to come to terms with the role of history in academic work and locates the intellectual history within the context of competing social theories. The book provides a substantive foundation for understanding the field and will be a major text in all courses dealing with communication history and theory.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Communication
ISBN : UOM:39015057991195

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Communications by Anonim Pdf

Author : Norman Jacobs
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1992-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 141282818X

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Mass Media in Modern Society by Norman Jacobs Pdf

In this lively and yet scholarly book, creative artists, people who direct channels of communications, and social scientists present their numerous positions and deeply felt disagreements. Originally released thirty years ago under the rubric "Culture for the Millions, "the work discusses whether or not American culture is in a state of rise or decline; whether mass media dilutes the arts or provides more art for more people; whether cultural leaders are in touch with their audiences, and other such issues. This volume brings together outstanding artists, scholars, and media executives who present their wide-ranging and deeply felt positions and disagreements. "Mass Media in Modern Society "remains a classic, not only for what it represents as a historical document, but also because of the centrality of its discussions about the nature of cultural participation and aesthetics hi modern society. The contributions include: Paul F. Lazarsfeld, "Mass Culture Today," Edward Shils, "Mass Society and Its Culture," Leo Lowenthal, "A Historical Preface to the Popular Culture" Debate," Hannah Arendt, "Society and Culture," Ernest van den Haag, "A Dissent from the Consensual Society," Oscar Handlin, "Comments on Mass and Popular Culture," Leo Rosten, "The Intellectual and the Mass Media," Frank Stanton, "Parallel Paths," James Johnson Sweeney, "The Artist and the Museum hi a Modern Society," Randall Jarrell, "A Sad Heart at the Supermarket," Arthur Asa Berger, "Notes on the Plight of the American Composer," James Baldwin, "Mass Culture and the Creative Artist," Stanley Edgar Hyman, "Ideals, Dangers, and Limitations of Mass Culture," H. Stewart Hughes, "Mass Culture and Social Criticism," Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., "Notes on a National Cultural Policy."