Communication As Culture,9780415907255

Communication As Culture

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ISBN13: 9780415907255
ISBN10: 041590725X
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1988-12-01
Publisher(s): Routledge
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Summary

These essays encompass much more than a critique of an academic discipline. Carey's lively thought, lucid style, and profound scholarship propel the reader through a wide and varied intellectual landscape, particularly as these issues have affected Modern American thought. As entertaining as it is enlightening, Communication as Culture is certain to become a classic in its field.

Table of Contents

Series Editor's Introduction ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1(12)
PART I Communication as Culture
A Cultural Approach to Communication
13(24)
Mass Communication and Cultural Studies
37(32)
Reconceiving ``Mass'' and ``Media''
69(20)
Overcoming Resistance to Cultural Studies
89(24)
PART II Technology and Culture
The Mythos of the Electronic Revolution with John J. Quirk
113(29)
Space, Time, and Communications: A Tribute to Harold Innis
142(31)
The History of the Future with John J. Quirk
173(28)
Technology and Ideology: The Case of the Telegraph
201(30)
Works Cited 231(8)
Index 239(3)
About the Author 242

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