Social Theories Of The Press
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...
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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.
ForewordPreface1Mass Communication Research and Society: An Introduction12Communication and Change: Karl Marx on Press Freedom193The Nerves of Society: Albert Schaffle on Symbolic Communication434The News of Society: Karl Knies on Communication and Transportation675The Linkages of Society: Karl Bucher on Commerce and the Press856The Mirrors of Society: Ferdinand Tonnies on the Press and Public Opinion1077The Conscience of Society: Max Weber on Journalism and Responsibility1278The "American Science" of Society: Albion Small, Edward Ross, and William Sumner on Communication and the Press1439Communication and Social Thought: Decentering the Discourse of Mass Communication Research169Notes and References185Index203About the Author211
