Social Theories of the Press: Constituents of Communication Research, 1840s to 1920s

By Hanno Hardt

Book Overview

Hanno Hardt has thoroughly revised and expanded his 'pre-history' of communication research in the United States. With the notable addition of Karl Marx's journalism-focused writings and a new foreword by James W. Carey, this edition covers intellectual contributions from several German theorists in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, as well as first-generation U.S. sociologists who were influenced by this scholarship. A new concluding chapter explores the continuing influence of German social thought and the contemporary shift of paradigms in U.S. communication research, including approaches such as critical (Marxist) and cultural studies.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742511340
• ISBN13: 9780742511347
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"