In this classic text, James W. Carey maintains that communication is not merely the transmission of information; reminding the reader of the link between the words 'communication' and 'community', he broadens his definition to include the drawing - together of a people that is culture. In this context, Carey questions the American tradition of focusing only on mass communication's function as a means of social and political control, and makes a case for examining the content of a communication - the meaning of symbols, not only the motives that originate them or the purposes they serve.He seeks to recast the goal of communication studies, replacing the search for deterministic laws of behavior with a simpler, yet far more challenging mission: 'to enlarge the human conversation by comprehending what others are saying'. This new edition includes a new critical foreword by G. Stuart Adam that explains Carey's fundamental role in transforming the study of mass communication to include a cultural perspective and connects his classic essays with contemporary media issues and trends. This edition also adds a new, complete bibliography of all of Carey's writings.
James W Carey was a distinguished and respected communications theorist, media critic and a teacher of journalists latterly at Columbia University. He died in 2006 at age 71. Carey 提出传播科技的分水岭就是电报的发明。认为它使得time 和space 变得irrelevant了...
评分 评分 评分 评分这是我第二次评论,借贵宝地打一下酱油。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。 ----------...
打四星,因为觉得作者没有考虑到非英语母语学生的阅读感受……累死我了(T ^ T)
评分这真是窝长这么大见过的最讨人嫌的书!没有之一!法克!Carey
评分only finish the chapter 7 about the history of future, this essay provide so many examples about futurism and futurists and finally give a result: this is no future. it is a great essay help me understand the futurism through historical and critical perspectives.
评分only finish the chapter 7 about the history of future, this essay provide so many examples about futurism and futurists and finally give a result: this is no future. it is a great essay help me understand the futurism through historical and critical perspectives.
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