Hardt Myths for the Masses

An Essay on Mass Communication
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-1-4051-4334-9
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 168 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Blackwell Manifestos

With a lively and engaging style, Myths for the Massesprovides a critical, interdisciplinary, and historically informedstatement about communication in contemporary life.

* * Written by Hanno Hardt, one of the world's leadingauthorities on the subject.

* Offers a comprehensive appraisal of mass communication.

* Provides a critical perspective on media and communication insociety.

* Contains critical insights into the state of masscommunication, democracy, and the construction of the self insociety.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hardt, Hanno

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.
1. Mass Communication and the Promise of Democracy.
2. Mass Communication and the Meaning of Self in Society.
Bibliography.
Subject Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Hanno Hardt is Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, and Professor Emeritus at the University of Iowa. He is the author of many scholarly journal articles and of books such as Social Theories of the Press: Early German and American Perspectives (1979, second edition 2001), Critical Communication Studies: Communication, History & Theory in America, (1992), and Interactions: Critical Studies in Communication, Media, and Journalism (l998).