Media and communication / Paddy Scannell.
A great book, exciting, and very clearly written' - Klaus Schanbach, University of Amsterdam 'This is an excellent book that provides students with a broad series of summary outlines of key thinkers on media and communication, without conflating the two terms' - Michael Pickering, Uni...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. :
Sage,
2007.
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| Online Access: | Table of contents Publisher description |
| Summary: | A great book, exciting, and very clearly written' - Klaus Schanbach, University of Amsterdam 'This is an excellent book that provides students with a broad series of summary outlines of key thinkers on media and communication, without conflating the two terms' - Michael Pickering, University of Loughborough Magisterial in scope, Media and Communication traces the historical development of media and communication studies. Media Studies itself has a short history but many antecedents, and in this comprehensive and compelling book, Paddy Scannell sets out to describe and analysize its formulation in North American and Europe. Media and Communication: - Offers an accessible and comprehensive analysis of the development of media and communication theory - Includes a summary outline of all the key thinkers - Looks at the study of communication across a range of disciplines: history, literature, sociology, philosophy and linguistics - Challenges readers to engage with the central importance of communication. |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 303 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1412902681 9781412902687 141290269X 9781412902694 |