Theories of Communication: A Short IntroductionSAGE, 24.08.1998 - 186 Seiten 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 seeki |
Inhalt
Introduction | 1 |
New World Empiricism | 19 |
Information Theory | 43 |
The Cultural Industry Ideology and Power | 58 |
The Return of Everyday Life | 107 |
The Dominion of Communication | 129 |
Conclusion | 155 |
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Theories of Communication: A Short Introduction Armand Mattelart,Professor Armand Mattelart,Michèle Mattelart Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 1998 |
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action activities actors Adorno Alfred Schütz analysis approach audience autopoietic behaviour centre characterised cognitive sciences complex conception concrete consumer context critical critique cultural studies culture industry cybernetic debate defined diffusionist dominant economic environment Ethnomethodology everyday flows forms Foucault foundations Frankfurt School function functionalist Georg Simmel Gianni Vattimo global globalisation Habermas Horkheimer human idea ideology individual influence innovation inspired institutions interaction interest interpretive interpretive sociology knowledge language Lazarsfeld linguistics literary logic London Marshall McLuhan Marxism mass communication Mattelart meaning modes movement networks nology object organisation Paris philosopher political economy post-modern practices production programmes published question reception relations relationship role schema School semiotics sion Soap Opera social sciences society sociologists sphere strategies structure symbolic symbolic interactionism television tension theoretical theoretician theory tion tradition trans unequal exchange United University
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