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The Media and Modernity: A Social Theory of the Media » (1)
Authors: John B. Thompson
ISBN-13: 9780804726795, ISBN-10: 0804726795
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Date Published: February 1996
Edition: 1
Author Biography: John B. Thompson
Book Synopsis
In this major new work Thompson addresses these and other questions by elaborating a distinctive social theory of communication media and their impact.
Table of Contents
| Preface | ||
| Introduction | 1 | |
| 1 | Communication and Social Context | 10 |
| 2 | The Media and the Development of Modern Societies | 44 |
| 3 | The Rise of Mediated Interaction | 81 |
| 4 | The Transformation of Visibility | 119 |
| 5 | The Globalization of Communication | 149 |
| 6 | The Re-mooring of Tradition | 179 |
| 7 | Self and Experience in a Mediated World | 207 |
| 8 | The Reinvention of Publicness | 235 |
| Notes | 266 | |
| Index | 299 |
Subjects
Entertainment
Media Communications - General & Miscellaneous
Entertainment Media Media - General & Miscellaneous
Entertainment Media Media - Theory & Philosophy
Nonfiction Social Sciences Media & Communications
Nonfiction Social Sciences Sociology
Nonfiction Sociology Sociology - General & Miscellaneous
Science & Nature Social Sciences Media & Communications
Science & Nature Social Sciences Sociology
Social Sciences Media & Communications Communications - General & Miscellaneous
Social Sciences Media & Communications Media - General & Miscellaneous
Social Sciences Media & Communications Media - Theory & Philosophy
Social Sciences Sociology Sociology - General & Miscellaneous
Nonfiction Entertainment Media
Media Communications - General & MiscellaneousEntertainment
Media Media - General & MiscellaneousEntertainment
Media Media - Theory & PhilosophyNonfiction
Social Sciences Media & CommunicationsNonfiction
Social Sciences SociologyNonfiction
Sociology Sociology - General & MiscellaneousScience & Nature
Social Sciences Media & CommunicationsScience & Nature
Social Sciences SociologySocial Sciences
Media & Communications Communications - General & MiscellaneousSocial Sciences
Media & Communications Media - General & MiscellaneousSocial Sciences
Media & Communications Media - Theory & PhilosophySocial Sciences
Sociology Sociology - General & MiscellaneousNonfiction
Entertainment Media
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