Harold Innis

Informationen zum Autor Paul Heyer is professor of communication studies at Wilfrid Laurier University. Klappentext His name may not be as well known as that of his colleague and spiritual descendent, Marshall McLuhan, but Harold Innis's (1894-1952) influence on contemporary critical media and communication studies has been no less profound. This concise look at Innis's life and contributions to the communication field charts his beginnings in political economy to his later work in critical media studies and communications history, synthesizing his key publications and clearly showing their ongoing resonance for the field today. Zusammenfassung His name may not be as well known as that of his colleague and spiritual descendent! Marshall McLuhan! but Harold Innis's influence on contemporary critical media and communication studies has been no less profound. This concise look at Innis' life and conributions to the communication field.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Heyer
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.11.2003
• EAN: 9780742524835
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-2483-5
• No. of pages: 152
• Series: Critical Media Studies; Critical Media Studies: Institutions, Politics, and Culture; Critical Media Studies: Institutions, Politics, and Culture; Critical Media Studies; Critical Media Studies: Instit
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Media science