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Book SynopsisThis text shows how and why US educational reforms must seek to build upon rather than downplay the native culture and language of minority students. The work includes stories from teachers and students that show what works - and what doesn't - in creating effective educational oppurtunties.
Trade ReviewFor well over three decades Hanno Hardt has been an advocate, sometimes a lonely one, for deepened historical consciousness in communication studies. . . .This book should make it impossible to ever again consider mass communication research without its European shadow or to speak of the roots of modern social theory without acknowledging the central place of communication in its preoccupations. Hardt opens a treasure trove of insights and ideas most of us never knew existed. -- John Durham Peters, A. Craig Baird Professor, The University of Iowa
This volume, particularly with its spirited conclusion, lays down a major challenge to our understanding of the history of communication research. -- James W. Carey, Columbia University
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Foreword Chapter 2 Mass Communication Research and Society: An Introduction Chapter 3 Communication and Change in Society: Karl Marx on Freedom of the Press Chapter 4 The Nerves of Society: Albert Schäffle on Symbolic Communication Chapter 5 The News of Society: Karl Knies on Communication and Transportation Chapter 6 The Linkages of Society: Karl Bücher on Commerce and the Press Chapter 7 The Mirrors of Society: Ferdinand Tönnies on the Press and Public Opinion Chapter 8 The Conscience of Society: Max Weber on Journalism and Responsibility Chapter 9 The "American Science" of Society: Small, Ross, and Sumner on Communication and the Press Chapter 10 Communication and Social Thought: Decentering the Discourse of Mass Communication Research
