Theories of Communication - A Short Introduction

Klappentext This textbook provides students with a concise introduction to the development of communication theory. Written in an engaging style, it offers an account of the development of all the major theoretical approaches in communication and media studies. The book summarizes clearly and methodically the range of existing theories; explains how and why the diverse currents and schools of thought emerged; and contextualizes all the major approaches, including those of cultural studies and political economy, in their historical, social and intellectual setting. Theories of Communication is an essential text for all students of media, communication and cultural studies. It will also be welcomed by anyone seeking to understand the changes that have accompanied the rise of the so-called `information society'. Zusammenfassung This introduction to communication theory offers an historical account of the development of all major theoretical approaches by summing up the range of existing theories! and explaining how and why the diverse currents of thought emerged. Inhaltsverzeichnis The Social Organism New World Empiricism Information Theory The Cultural Industry, Ideology and Power Political Economy The Return of Everyday Life The Dominion of Communication

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• Authors: Armand Mattelart, Armand Mattelart Mattelart, Michele Mattelart, Mattelart Armand, Mattelart Michele
• Assisted by: James A. Cohen (Translation), James Alan Cohen (Translation), Susan Gruenheck Taponier (Translation)
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.07.1998
• EAN: 9780761956471
• ISBN: 978-0-7619-5647-1
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; COMPUTERS / Information Theory, Information theory, Communication & Media Studies;Mass Communication