Hanno Hardt

Myths for the Masses (eBook, PDF)

An Essay on Mass Communication

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

With a lively and engaging style, Myths for the Masses provides a critical, interdisciplinary, and historically informed statement about communication in contemporary life. * * Written by Hanno Hardt, one of the world's leading authorities on the subject. * Offers a comprehensive appraisal of mass communication. * Provides a critical perspective on media and communication in society. * Contains critical insights into the state of mass communication, democracy, and the construction of the self in society.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Mai 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781405143349
• Artikelnr.: 38281089

Autorenporträt

Hanno Hardt is Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, and Professor Emeritus at the University of Iowa. He is the author of many scholarly journal articles and of books such as Social Theories of the Press: Early German and American Perspectives (1979, second edition 2001), Critical Communication Studies: Communication, History & Theory in America, (1992), and Interactions: Critical Studies in Communication, Media, and Journalism (l998).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface.
1. Mass Communication and the Promise of Democracy.
2. Mass Communication and the Meaning of Self in Society.
Bibliography.
Subject Index.

Rezensionen

"Hanno Hardt is one of the outstanding media thinkers of our times.Myths for the Masses reflects a lifetime of study andcritical analysis, and is one of the most provocative 'bigpicture' books on media I have ever read. Certain to become aclassic text, I urge all students and scholars to read it closely."
Robert W. McChesney, University of Illinois atUrbana-Champaign

"Hanno Hardt once again exhibits the breadth and depth of histhinking as he critiques the presence of mass media in everydaylife. This deeply disturbing and important manifesto underscoresthe value of a genuinely critical framework for the study ofcommunication."
Theodore L. Glasser, Stanford University

"An excellent journey through the land of critical theoryand its application to the cultural phenomenon of mass media. Itprovides the reader with rich and fruitful argumentation, whichenables understanding of the pivotal dimension and problems of masscommunication."
Tomaz Krpic, Ljubljana University

"The book is an excellent journey through the land of criticaltheory and its application to the cultural phenomenon of massmedia."
Media International Australia incorporating Culture andPolicy