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

by Hanno Hardt, James W. Carey Columbia University (Foreword by)

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781461642442
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	10/11/2001
Series:	Critical Media Studies: Institutions, Politics, and Culture
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	232
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Hanno Hardt is John F. Murray Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication and professor of communication studies at the University of Iowa and professor of communication at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Foreword
Chapter 2 Mass Communication Research and Society: An Introduction
Chapter 3 Communication and Change in Society: Karl Marx on Freedom of the Press
Chapter 4 The Nerves of Society: Albert Schäffle on Symbolic Communication
Chapter 5 The News of Society: Karl Knies on Communication and Transportation
Chapter 6 The Linkages of Society: Karl Bücher on Commerce and the Press
Chapter 7 The Mirrors of Society: Ferdinand Tönnies on the Press and Public Opinion
Chapter 8 The Conscience of Society: Max Weber on Journalism and Responsibility
Chapter 9 The "American Science" of Society: Small, Ross, and Sumner on Communication and the Press
Chapter 10 Communication and Social Thought: Decentering the Discourse of Mass Communication Research

Editorial Reviews

For well over three decades Hanno Hardt has been an advocate, sometimes a lonely one, for deepened historical consciousness in communication studies.. . .This book should make it impossible to ever again consider mass communication research without its European shadow or to speak of the roots of modern social theory without acknowledging the central place of communication in its preoccupations. Hardt opens a treasure trove of insights and ideas most of us never knew existed.

John Durham Peters

This volume, particularly with its spirited conclusion, lays down a major challenge to our understanding of the history of communication research.

James W. Carey

This volume, particularly with its spirited conclusion, lays down a major challenge to our understanding of the history of communication research.--James W. Carey, Columbia University

For well over three decades Hanno Hardt has been an advocate, sometimes a lonely one, for deepened historical consciousness in communication studies. . . .This book should make it impossible to ever again consider mass communication research without its European shadow or to speak of the roots of modern social theory without acknowledging the central place of communication in its preoccupations. Hardt opens a treasure trove of insights and ideas most of us never knew existed.--John Durham Peters, A. Craig Baird Professor, The University of Iowa

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