Wilbur Schramm and Noam Chomsky meet Harold Innis : media, power, and democracy / Robert E. Babe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Babe, Robert E., author.

Series:

Critical media studies.

Critical Media Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Schramm, Wilbur, 1907-1987.

Schramm, Wilbur.

Innis, Harold A. (Harold Adams), 1894-1952.

Innis, Harold A.

Chomsky, Noam.

Mass media--Social aspects.

Mass media.

Economics--Sociological aspects.

Economics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (301 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, [Maryland] : Lexington Books, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<span><span>By comparing the scholarship of both Wilbur Schramm and Noam Chomsky with that of Harold Innis, and by making detailed use of Innis's neglected writings, including particularly </span><span style=""font-style:italic;"">Political Economy in the Modern State,</span><span> Innis's media and communication scholarship is unfolded in new, startling, critical, yet ultimately appreciative ways. </span></span>

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I: Introducing Harold Innis; Chapter One: Foundations; Chapter Two: Staples Thesis and Medium Theory; Chapter Three: Time, Space, and Medium Theory; Chapter Four: Political Economy, Medium Theory, and Existentialism; Chapter Five: Media and Scholarship; Chapter Six: Media and Public Opinion; II: Wilbur Schramm Meets Innis; Chapter Seven: Beginnings; Chapter Eight: Media Process and Effects; Chapter Nine: Media History, Education, Free Press, Democracy; III: Chomsky and Innis Meet; Chapter Ten: Meet Noam Chomsky; Chapter Eleven: Visions and Strategies

Chapter Twelve: Propaganda and DemocracyIV: Conclusion; Chapter Thirteen: Innis and the Network Society; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-7391-2369-6