{"product_id":"the-history-of-media-and-communication-research-contested-memories-9780820488295","title":"The History of Media and Communication Research","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e«The study of the history of mass communication research has been unfairly neglected to the detriment of the entire field of communication studies. We can learn much from an examination of the historical, political, and intellectual forces which propelled such research at different points in time. This outstanding collection of original essays will do much to underscore why we need to study this subject.» (Garth Jowett, University of Houston)\u003cbr\u003e «Heralding a welcome new wave in the history of media and communication studies, this volume presents a tantalizing, international array of critical insights, fresh approaches, and focused investigations.» (Robert T. Craig, University of Colorado)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents: Hanno Hardt: Foreword – Jefferson Pooley\/David W. Park: Introduction – Deborah Lubken: Remembering the Straw Man: The Travels and Adventures of \u003ci\u003eHypodermic\u003c\/i\u003e – Jefferson Pooley: The New History of Mass Communication Research – Sue Curry Jansen: Walter Lippmann, Straw Man of Communication Research – Lana F. Rakow: Feminist Historiography and the Field: Writing New Histories – John Durham Peters: Institutional Opportunities for Intellectual History in Communication Studies – J. Michael Sproule: «Communication»: From Concept to Field to Discipline – David E. Morrison: Opportunity Structures and the Creation of Knowledge: Paul Lazarsfeld and the Politics of Research – Veikko Pietilä: How Does a Discipline Become Institutionalized? – Kaarle Nordenstreng: Institutional Networking: The Story of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) – David W. Park: The Two-Step Flow vs. \u003ci\u003eThe Lonely Crowd\u003c\/i\u003e: Conformity and the Media in the 1950s – Wendy Worrall Redal: Making Sense of Social Change: Studying Media and Culture in 1960s Britain – Peter Simonson: Writing Figures into the Field: William McPhee and the Parts Played by People in Our Histories of Media Research – James A. Anderson\/Janet W. Colvin: Media Research 1900-1945: Topics and Conversations – William J. Buxton: From Park to Cressey: Chicago Sociology’s Engagement with Media and Mass Culture.","brand":"Peter Lang Group AG","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038638735703,"sku":"9780820488295","price":30.07,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780820488295.jpg?v=1750940898","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-history-of-media-and-communication-research-contested-memories-9780820488295","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}