Communication as Culture, Revised Edition: Essays on Media and Society

by James W. Carey

Book Overview

In this classic text, James W. Carey maintains that communication is not merely the transmission of information; reminding the reader of the link between the words "communication" and "community," he... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 041590725X
• ISBN13: 9780415907255
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

This is the bible of communication studies/cultural studies.

If you are going to read one book on communication studies or cultural studies, read this. It presents a theory of what culture is (or in other words, a theory of how communication works). The book is must reading for anyone interested in anthropology, psychotherapy, literature, journalism, foreign affairs....