The future of post-human mass media : a preface to a new theory of communication / by Peter Baofu.

Why should mass media be informational and accurate as much as its proponents would claim-and, conversely, disinformational and propagandistic as much as its critics would argue? Contrary to the conventional wisdom held by many since the modern era of mass media, neither of the two opposing views is...

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Main Author: Baofu, Peter
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2009.
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Summary:Why should mass media be informational and accurate as much as its proponents would claim-and, conversely, disinformational and propagandistic as much as its critics would argue? Contrary to the conventional wisdom held by many since the modern era of mass media, neither of the two opposing views is correct, to the extent that a total analysis of media influence has yet to be adequately explored and understood. Something fundamentally vital to the analysis of communication has been missing ...
Physical Description:1 online resource (xx, 335 pages)
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Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-308) and index.
ISBN:9781443804318
1443804312
1282036025
9781282036024
9786612036026
6612036028
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