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Media and the Power of Knowledge - Prof. Steve Fuller

Media and the Power of Knowledge

Buch | Softcover
208 Seiten
2025
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-78093-092-3 (ISBN)
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This book places media at the heart of social theory by showcasing its influence in the major transformations of the modern world from the printing press to the computer. Written by a highly regarded academic, it will be key reading for students of sociology and media theory.
In Media and the Power of Knowledge, Fuller traces the evolution of how the media has transformed global and social knowledge. The book draws a line from the printing press to the rise of electrical and electronic communication, and analyses how the emergence of our public sphere has developed.

Fuller points to the spread of publishing and the rise of technology such as telegraphy that allowed researchers to connect, and allowed the first forms of collective intelligence to flourish. With the invention of the internet, globally accessible information has become possible and has fundamentally altered how we form public opinion. Media and the Power of Knowledge also looks at the role of media moguls and the function of the critic, pundit and broadcaster, and investigates how the balance of power has shifted in recent years.

Clearly structured and presenting provocative arguments, this book considers the likely future developments of the media and its far-reaching implications for the human condition.

Steve Fuller is Professor of Sociology at Warwick University, UK. He has written extensively on politics and social theory and the sociology of science. His many books include Kuhn vs Popper, which was named book of the month (Feb 2005) by Popular Science; The Intellectual was named a book of the year by the New Statesman for 2005; and Dissent over Descent was named book of the week by Times Higher Education in July 2008. He has spoken in 30 countries, often keynoting professional academic conferences, and has been a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts since 1995. His writings have been translated into over twenty languages.

Introduction: Living Under the Sign of Mcluhan
Part I: Media as Collected Force
Media as a Driver of Intellectual History
Media as Corporate Power
Media as Social Knowledge - From Public Opinion to Public Relations
Part Two: Media as a Form of Individual Life
The Original Media Career - The Critic
The Advertiser
The Muckraker
The Pundit
The Broadcaster
Media and the Future of Life
What Does the Evolution of the Media Say About Us?

Erscheint lt. Verlag 1.5.2025
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt Sozialwissenschaften Kommunikation / Medien Journalistik
Sozialwissenschaften Kommunikation / Medien Medienwissenschaft
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Allgemeines / Lexika
Wirtschaft
ISBN-10 1-78093-092-5 / 1780930925
ISBN-13 978-1-78093-092-3 / 9781780930923
Zustand Neuware
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