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James Carey currently teaches at Columbia University as a CBS Professor of International Journalism. In this collection of essays, the theme of communication and democracy is explored from a number of perspectives. The topics include technology and democratic change, the role of communication in the American community, the challenges facing academia, and communications and economics.
The book is divided into five general sections, and each section has an introduction to Carey's ideas written by various contributors. While the introductory chapters were all well-written, the essay by John Pauly introducing the section on Media Scholarship was particularly noteworthy. About Carey, Pauly says:
"He has never been the theorist others want him to be. He is too working-class in his upbringing to join in the choruses of praise for American capitalism; too personally cautious and gradualist to be mistaken for a radical; too American in his intellectual references and too unassuming in his style to be worshipped as a prominent cultural theorist."
That is probably as good a way as any to describe the ideas here to someone not familiar with Carey's work.
I read the book with a great deal of enjoyment. I took copious notes, and found that I added a huge number of cited books to my already long to-read list. I did my graduate work in Media, so it may be more accessible to me for that reason. That said, I would not hesitate to recommend it to the general reader. Although the ideas are dense and occasionally demanding, Carey is a remarkably straightforward and readable writer. It should appeal to anyone concerned with any of the general themes, or with an interest in media history.
The book is divided into five general sections, and each section has an introduction to Carey's ideas written by various contributors. While the introductory chapters were all well-written, the essay by John Pauly introducing the section on Media Scholarship was particularly noteworthy. About Carey, Pauly says:
"He has never been the theorist others want him to be. He is too working-class in his upbringing to join in the choruses of praise for American capitalism; too personally cautious and gradualist to be mistaken for a radical; too American in his intellectual references and too unassuming in his style to be worshipped as a prominent cultural theorist."
That is probably as good a way as any to describe the ideas here to someone not familiar with Carey's work.
I read the book with a great deal of enjoyment. I took copious notes, and found that I added a huge number of cited books to my already long to-read list. I did my graduate work in Media, so it may be more accessible to me for that reason. That said, I would not hesitate to recommend it to the general reader. Although the ideas are dense and occasionally demanding, Carey is a remarkably straightforward and readable writer. It should appeal to anyone concerned with any of the general themes, or with an interest in media history.
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