书名: Critical Theories of Mass Media: Then and Now
作者: Paul A. Taylor (Author), Jan Ll Harris (Author)
出版社: Open University Press; 1 edition (December 1, 2007)
语言: English
ISBN-10: 0335218113
ISBN-13: 978-0335218110
Book Description
. . With the exception of occasional moral panics about the coarsening of public discourse, and the impact of advertising and television violence upon children, mass media tend to be viewed as a largely neutral or benign part of contemporary life. Even when criticisms are voiced, the media chooses how and when to discuss its own inadequacies. More radical external critiques are often excluded and media theorists are frequently more optimistic than realistic about the negative aspects of mass culture.
. . This book reassesses this situation in the light of both early and contemporary critical scholarship and explores the intimate relationship between the mass media and the dis-empowering nature of commodity culture. The authors cast a fresh perspective on contemporary mass culture by comparing past and present critiques. They:
. . Critical Theories of Mass Media is a key text for students of cultural studies, communications and media studies, and sociology..
Review
"This is a welcome critical corrective to complacent mainstream accounts of the media's cultural impact" -- Prof. Slavoj Zizek, International Director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities at Birkbeck, University of London
"A powerful and highly engaging re-assessment of past critical thinkers (including those not normally thought of as critical) in the light of today's mediascape" -- Jorge Reina Schement, Distinguished Professor of Communications, Penn State University
About the Author
Paul A. Taylor is Senior Lecturer in Communications Theory, University of Leeds, UK. Jan Ll. Harris is an independent scholar.
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作者: Paul A. Taylor (Author), Jan Ll Harris (Author)
出版社: Open University Press; 1 edition (December 1, 2007)
语言: English
ISBN-10: 0335218113
ISBN-13: 978-0335218110
Book Description
. . With the exception of occasional moral panics about the coarsening of public discourse, and the impact of advertising and television violence upon children, mass media tend to be viewed as a largely neutral or benign part of contemporary life. Even when criticisms are voiced, the media chooses how and when to discuss its own inadequacies. More radical external critiques are often excluded and media theorists are frequently more optimistic than realistic about the negative aspects of mass culture.
. . This book reassesses this situation in the light of both early and contemporary critical scholarship and explores the intimate relationship between the mass media and the dis-empowering nature of commodity culture. The authors cast a fresh perspective on contemporary mass culture by comparing past and present critiques. They:
- . . Outline the key criticisms of mass culture from past critical thinkers .
- Reassess past critical thought in the changed circumstances of today.
- Evaluate the significance of new critical thinkers for today's mass culture
. . Critical Theories of Mass Media is a key text for students of cultural studies, communications and media studies, and sociology..
Review
"This is a welcome critical corrective to complacent mainstream accounts of the media's cultural impact" -- Prof. Slavoj Zizek, International Director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities at Birkbeck, University of London
"A powerful and highly engaging re-assessment of past critical thinkers (including those not normally thought of as critical) in the light of today's mediascape" -- Jorge Reina Schement, Distinguished Professor of Communications, Penn State University
About the Author
Paul A. Taylor is Senior Lecturer in Communications Theory, University of Leeds, UK. Jan Ll. Harris is an independent scholar.
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