James Carey: A Critical Reader

James Carey: A Critical Reader
ISBN-10
0816627029
ISBN-13
9780816627028
Category
Social Science
Pages
377
Language
English
Published
1997
Publisher
U of Minnesota Press
Authors
Eve Stryker Munson, Catherine A. Warren

Description

James Carey - scholar, media critic, and teacher of journalists - almost single-handedly established the importance of defining a cultural perspective when analyzing communications. Interspersing Carey's major essays with articles exploring his central themes and their importance, this collection provides a critical introduction to the work of this significant figure. In James Carey: A Critical Reader, sever scholars who have been influenced by him consider his work and how it has affected the development of media studies. Carey has examined the roles the media and the academy have played in creating and maintaining a public sphere, as well as the ways technology helps or hinders that project. Carey's themes range from the strains on democracy and drawbacks of technology to the critique of journalism and the politics of academe.

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