The future of post-human mass media : a preface to a new theory of communication / by Peter Baofu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baofu, Peter.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media.

Communication.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (355 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Pub., c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Why should mass media be informational and accurate as much as its proponents would claim-and, conversely, disinformational and propagandistic as much as its critics would argue? Contrary to the conventional wisdom held by many since the modern era of mass media, neither of the two opposing views is correct, to the extent that a total analysis of media influence has yet to be adequately explored and understood. Something fundamentally vital to the analysis of communication has been missing...

Contents:

BOOKS ALSO BY PETER BAOFU; CONTENTS; TABLES; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; PART ONE; CHAPTER ONE; PART TWO; CHAPTER TWO; PART THREE; CHAPTER THREE; PART FOUR; CHAPTER FOUR; PART FIVE; CHAPTER FIVE; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-03602-5

9786612036026

1-4438-0431-2

OCLC:

404724281