Media convergence : the three degrees of network, mass, and interpersonal communication
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Media convergence : the three degrees of network, mass, and interpersonal communication
Routledge, c2022
2nd ed.
- pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Klaus Bruhn Jensen is a well known academic and an authoritative and original author.
There is a lack of good theory books for media and communications studies and the clear three part structure will appeal to students.
Added features such as case studies, tables and diagrams to explain key concepts and a comprehensive glossary of terms will help steer students through complex material.
The author is well-known for overviews and syntheses that join otherwise conflicting research traditions.
The first part of the book presents an accessible history of ideas, placing communication in relation to key thinkers from Aristotle, via Immanuel Kant and Charles Sanders Peirce, to Jurgen Habermas and Richard Rorty.
The second part of the book bridges technological, social, and aesthetic approaches to media and communication.
The third and final part of the book includes sections on 'how to study new media' with concrete analytical examples.
The book presents a sustained critique of Habermas' influential work on the ideal communication situation.
Table of Contents
PART I - A CRITIQUE OF COMMUNICATION 1 Communication - the very idea 2 Erro, ergo sum - communication and pragmatism in the history of ideas 3 Differences that make a difference - the art and science of media and communication research PART II - MEDIA OF THREE DEGREES 4 Media matters - the material conditions of communication 5 Media meanings - the discourses, genres, and modalities of communication 6 Media institutions - between agency and structure PART III - THE DOUBLE HERMENEUTICS OF MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION RESEARCH 7 Media of science - doing communication research 8 Practicing communication - human rights, capabilities, and functionings
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