Social theories of the press : constituents of communication research, 1840s to 1920s / Hanno Hardt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hardt, Hanno.

Series:

Critical media studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communication--Social aspects.

Communication.

Mass media--Social aspects.

Mass media.

Sociology--Germany--History.

Sociology.

Germany.

History.

Sociology--United States--History.

United States.

Physical Description:

xvi, 211 pages ; 23 cm.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2001]

Summary:

Hanno Hardt has thoroughly revised and expanded his 'pre-history' of communication research in the United States. With the notable addition of Karl Marx's journalism-focused writings and a new foreword by James W. Carey, this edition covers intellectual contributions from several German theorists in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, as well as first-generation U.S. sociologists who were influenced by this scholarship. A new concluding chapter explores the continuing influence of German social thought and the contemporary shift of paradigms in U.S. communication research, including approaches such as critical (Marxist) and cultural studies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0742511332

0742511340

OCLC:

45804823