Myths for the Masses

An Essay on Mass Communication

Hanno Hardt (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

168 Seiten

2004
Wiley-Blackwell (Verlag)
978-0-631-23621-4 (ISBN)

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Presents a statement about communication in contemporary life. This title offers a comprehensive appraisal of mass communication. It provides a critical perspective on media and communication in society. It contains critical insights into the state of mass communication, democracy, and the construction of the self in society.

With a lively and engaging style, Myths for the Masses provides a critical, interdisciplinary, and historically informed statement about communication in contemporary life.

Written by Hanno Hardt, one of the world’s leading authorities on the subject.

Offers a comprehensive appraisal of mass communication.

Provides a critical perspective on media and communication in society.

Contains critical insights into the state of mass communication, democracy, and the construction of the self in society.

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).

Preface. 1. Mass Communication and the Promise of Democracy.

2. Mass Communication and the Meaning of Self in Society.

Bibliography.

Subject Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	29.4.2004
Reihe/Serie	Wiley-Blackwell Manifestos
Verlagsort	Hoboken
Sprache	englisch
Maße	168 x 239 mm
Gewicht	369 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-631-23621-X / 063123621X
ISBN-13	978-0-631-23621-4 / 9780631236214
Zustand	Neuware