ISBN:
063123621X
,
0631236228
,
0470774339
,
1405143347
,
1280197706
,
9780470774335
,
9781405143349
,
9781280197703
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (ix, 153 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Blackwell manifestos
Parallel Title:
Print version Hardt, Hanno Myths for the masses
DDC:
302.23
Keywords:
Mass media Political aspects
;
Mass media Social aspects
;
Communication Social aspects
;
Massenmedien
;
Massenkommunikation
Abstract:
With a lively and engaging style, Myths for the Masses provides a critical, interdisciplinary, and historically informed statement about the rise of mass communication in Western societies, and its impact on contemporary life. Written by one of the world's leading authorities on the subject, this book ponders the dominant and the detrimental effects of the mass-produced message in a contemporary age over-run by telecommunications and consumerism. The author convincingly argues that the active presence of media organizations rather than the collective will of the people, forms and re-forms the social, cultural, economic and political landscapes of society. The book exposes mass communication to a close examination of many of its real or assumed functions in a modern world, and re-evaluates its traditional role as a bastion of democracy and a celebrant of mass society
Abstract:
Mass communication and the promise of democracy -- Mass communication and the meaning of self in society
Description / Table of Contents:
Mass communication and the promise of democracyMass communication and the meaning of self in society.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
DOI:
10.1002/9780470774335
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9780470774335
URL:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9780470774335
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0410/2003023165.html
URL:
Volltext
(URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
