Social Theories of the Press: Constituents of Communication Research, 1840s to 1920s

Hanno Hardt

doi:10.5771/9781461642442

Summary

Hanno Hardt has thoroughly revised and expanded his 'pre-history' of communication research in the United States. With the notable addition of Karl Marx's journalism-focused writings and a new foreword by James W. Carey, this edition covers intellectual contributions from several German theorists in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, as well as first-generation U.S. sociologists who were influenced by this scholarship. A new concluding chapter explores the continuing influence of German social thought and the contemporary shift of paradigms in U.S. communication research, including approaches such as critical (Marxist) and cultural studies.

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Bibliographic data

Edition: 2/2001
Copyright Year: 2001
ISBN-Print: 978-0-7425-1134-7
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4616-4244-2
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 211
Product Type: Monograph

1. Table of Contents No access
2. Foreword No access
3. Preface No access
1: Mass Communication Research and Society: An Introduction No access Pages 1 - 18
2: Communication and Change: Karl Marx on Press Freedom No access Pages 19 - 42
3: The Nerves of Society: Albert Schäffle on Symbolic Communication No access Pages 43 - 66
4: The News of Society: Karl Knies on Communication and Transportation No access Pages 67 - 84
5: The Linkages of Society: Karl Bücher on Commerce and the Press No access Pages 85 - 106
6: The Mirrors of Society: Ferdinand Tönnies on the Press and Public Opinion No access Pages 107 - 126
7: The Conscience of Society: Max Weber on Journalism and Responsibility No access Pages 127 - 142
8: The "American Science" of Society: Albion Small, Edward Ross, and William Sumner on Communication and the Press No access Pages 143 - 168
9: Communication and Social Thought: Decentering the Discourse of Mass Communication Research No access Pages 169 - 184
Notes and References No access Pages 185 - 202
Index No access Pages 203 - 210
About the Author No access Pages 211 - 211