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'An unusually good anthology.' - European Journal of Communication
'Excellent book from which to teach a graduate seminar.' - European Journal of Communication
'If one is looking for a good syntheses of some of the major debates in media studies, this will be a rewarding and interesting book.' - Robert A. White, Media Development
'This is a collection which earns its place on the media research bookshelf.' - John Corner, European Journal of Cultural Studies
An unusually good anthology. - European Journal of Communication
Excellent book from which to teach a graduate seminar. - European Journal of Communication
If one is looking for a good syntheses of some of the major debates in media studies, this will be a rewarding and interesting book. - Robert A. White, Media Development
This is a collection which earns its place on the media research bookshelf. - John Corner, European Journal of Cultural Studies
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Do the media help democratic society to function for the benefit of all, or for the few? And how does the media influence our formation of social identities?
'An unusually good anthology.' - European Journal of Communication
'Excellent book from which to teach a graduate seminar.' - European Journal of Communication
'If one is looking for a good syntheses of some of the major debates in media studies, this will be a rewarding and interesting book.' - Robert A. White, Media Development
'This is a collection which earns its place on the media research bookshelf.' - John Corner, European Journal of Cultural Studies
An unusually good anthology. - European Journal of Communication
Excellent book from which to teach a graduate seminar. - European Journal of Communication
If one is looking for a good syntheses of some of the major debates in media studies, this will be a rewarding and interesting book. - Robert A. White, Media Development
This is a collection which earns its place on the media research bookshelf. - John Corner, European Journal of Cultural Studies
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Do the media help democratic society to function for the benefit of all, or for the few? And how does the media influence our formation of social identities?
Inspired by the work of Elihu Katz, Media, Ritual and Identity examines the role of media in society and its influence on democratic processes. It draws extensively on cultural anthropology, combining a commanding overview of contemporary media debates with a series of fascinating case studies from political ritual on television to broadcasting in the Third World. A cutting-edge look at new developments in the field, edia, Ritual and Identity shines new light on the pivotal role of the media in today's world.
Contributors include:Jeffrey Alexander, Yoram Bilu, James Carey, Stephanie Craft, James Curran, Daniel Dayan, Todd Gitlin, Theodore L. Glasser, Larry Gross, Daniel C. Hallin, Ronald N. Jacobs, Tamar Katriel, Tamar Liebes, Sonia Livingstone, and Gadi Wolsfeld.
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In 1955, Elihu Katz published with Paul Lazarsfeld Personal Influence: The Part Played by People in the Flow of Mass Communications, a historic book that is still being cited more than forty years later. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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In 1955, Elihu Katz published with Paul Lazarsfeld Personal Influence: The Part Played by People in the Flow of Mass Communications, a historic book that is still being cited more than forty years later. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
particularistic media, other pioneering groups, saint impresarios, public journalism, communal diary, disaster marathon, communal diaries, audience reception studies, soul talks, public service broadcasting, dialogic community, public service system, reception analysis, redressive action, bus bombings, audience theory, gratifications research, audience research, audience studies, subjunctive mode, live broadcasting Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Robert Bork, United States, Los Angeles, Bitaniya Ilit, Supreme Court, Elihu Katz, Rodney King, Polity Press, Oxford University Press, University of Minnesota Press, Cambridge University Press, Critical Studies, Harvard University Press, Tamar Liebes, Hashomer Hatza'ir, British Film Institute, Daniel Dayan, Free Press, Latin America, Rabbi Ya'acov Wazana, Alass Communication, Beer Sheva, Columbia University Press, Jewish Moroccan New!
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- Mass Media and Society by James Curran on 4 pages
- The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere: An Inquiry into a Category of Bourgeois Society (Studies in Contemporary German Social Thought) by Jürgen Habermas on 4 pages
- Cultural Studies: Volume 3, Issue 2 (Cultural Studies Journal) by Ien Ang: David on page 113, page 253, and page 255
- Habermas and the Public Sphere (Studies in Contemporary German Social Thought) by Craig Calhoun on page 41, page 216, and page 217
- PUBLIC OPINION by Anna J Merritt on page 217, and page 218
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- Media and Power (Communication and Society) by James Curran on 8 pages
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- De-Westernizing Media Studies (Communication and Society) by James Curran on 4 pages
- De-Westernizing Media Studies (Communication and Society) by James Curran on 4 pages
- Media Organisations in Society (Hodder Arnold Publication) by James Curran in Front Matter, page 57, and page 171
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