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  • Social Theories of the Press

    Constituents of Communication Research, 1840s to 1920s

    by Hanno Hardt ...
    Series series Critical Media Studies: Institutions, Politics, and Culture
    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 ... Read more

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  • In the Company of MEDIA

    Cultural Constructions of Communication, 1920s–1930s

    by Hanno Hardt ...
    This book explores the imaginative construction of a cultural history of the media in a series of essays that draw on various artistic and intellectual narratives of Western societies and trace incidental encounters with the means of social communication in cultural and political settings. ... Read more

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  • Critical Communication Studies

    Essays on Communication, History and Theory in America

    by Hanno Hardt ...
    Series series Communication and Society
    The development of communication studies has been a lively process of adoption and integration of theoretical constructs from Pragmatism, Critical Theory and Cultural Studies. Critical Communication Studies describes the intellectual and professional forces that have shaped research interests and formed alliances in the pursuit of particular goals.Hanno Hardt reflects on the need to come to terms ... Read more

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