Media and communication
Material type: TextPublication details: London Thousand Oaks, Calif Sage 2007Description: viii, 303 p. : illISBN: 1412902681; 141290269XSubject(s): Communication | Mass mediaDDC classification: 302.2 Summary: 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. ′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′ Magisterial in scope, 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.Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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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.
′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′ Magisterial in scope, 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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