{"product_id":"wilbur-schramm-and-noam-chomsky-meet-harold-innis-media-power-and-democracy-critical-media-studies-9780739123683","title":"Wilbur Schramm and Noam Chomsky Meet Harold Innis","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy comparing the scholarship of both Wilbur Schramm and Noam Chomsky with that of Harold Innis, and by making detailed use of Innisâs neglected writings, including particularly Political Economy in the Modern State, Innisâs media and communication scholarship is unfolded in new, startling, critical, yet ultimately appreciative ways.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBabe shows his scholarship especially as an Innis expert. * Communication Research Trends *\u003cbr\u003e\"An original, insightful and thought provoking book on the roots of communications studies by an established scholar. The linking of Noam Chomsky and Harold Innis is a fascinating and rewarding book within a book.\" -- Mel Watkins, University of Toronto\u003cbr\u003e\"Lucid and perceptive.\" -- Mary Innis Cates, Daughter of Harold Innis\u003cbr\u003e“Robert Babe's latest book is a tour de force; it provides a complex, original, and highly readable comparison of three giants of communication in North America. Babe makes a powerful case that Innis has been insufficiently understood or appreciated, and that his work provides indispensable resources for understanding the digital revolution. This is mandatory reading for communication students and scholars.\" -- Robert McChesney, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI: Introducing Harold Innis  1 Foundations  2 Staples Thesis and Medium Theory  3 Time, Space, and Medium Theory  4 Political Economy, Medium Theory, and Existentialism  5 Media and Scholarship  6 Media and Public Opinion   II: Wilbur Schramm Meets Innis  7 Beginnings  8 Media Process and Effects  9 Media History, Education, Free Press, Democracy   III: Chomsky and Innis Meet 10 Meet Noam Chomsky 11 Visions and Strategies  12 Propaganda and Democracy   IV: Conclusion  13 Innis and the Network Society","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037452468567,"sku":"9780739123683","price":101.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780739123683.jpg?v=1750935798","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/wilbur-schramm-and-noam-chomsky-meet-harold-innis-media-power-and-democracy-critical-media-studies-9780739123683","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}