- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (Dec 1 1988)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 041590725X
- ISBN-13: 978-0415907255
- Product Dimensions: 21.4 x 13.8 x 1.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 299 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #719,013 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Careys seminal work joins central issues in the field and redefines them. AN historically inspired treatment of major figures and theories, required reading for the sophisticated scholar..
–George Gerbner, Dean, The Annenberg School of Communication, University of Pennsylvania
–George Gerbner, Dean, The Annenberg School of Communication, University of Pennsylvania
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These essays encompass much more than a critique of an academic discipline. Carey's lively thought, lucid style, and profound scholarship propel the reader through a wide and varied intellectual landscape, particularly as these issues have affected Modern American thought. As entertaining as it is enlightening, Communication as Culture is certain to become a classic in its field.
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"When I decided some years ago to read seriously the literature of communications, a wise man suggested I begin with John Dewey." Read the first page
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This is the bible of communication studies/cultural studies.,
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This review is from: Communication as Culture: Essays on Media and Society (Paperback)
If you are going to read one book on communication studies or cultural studies, read this. It presents a theory of what culture is (or in other words, a theory of how communication works). The book is must reading for anyone interested in anthropology, psychotherapy, literature, journalism, foreign affairs....
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This is the bible of communication studies/cultural studies.,
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This review is from: Communication as Culture: Essays on Media and Society (Paperback)
If you are going to read one book on communication studies or cultural studies, read this. It presents a theory of what culture is (or in other words, a theory of how communication works). The book is must reading for anyone interested in anthropology, psychotherapy, literature, journalism, foreign affairs....
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