Myths for the Masses: An Essay on Mass Communication

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Wiley, Jul 2, 2004 - Social Science - 168 pages
With a lively and engaging style, Myths for the Masses provides a critical, interdisciplinary, and historically informed statement about communication in contemporary life.

  • Written by Hanno Hardt, one of the world’s leading authorities on the subject.
  • Offers a comprehensive appraisal of mass communication.
  • Provides a critical perspective on media and communication in society.
  • Contains critical insights into the state of mass communication, democracy, and the construction of the self in society.

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About the author (2004)

Hanno Hardt is Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, and Professor Emeritus at the University of Iowa. He is the author of many scholarly journal articles and of books such as Social Theories of the Press: Early German and American Perspectives (1979, second edition 2001), Critical Communication Studies: Communication, History & Theory in America, (1992), and Interactions: Critical Studies in Communication, Media, and Journalism (l998).

Bibliographic information

TitleMyths for the Masses: An Essay on Mass Communication
Wiley-Blackwell Manifestos
AuthorHanno Hardt
PublisherWiley, 2004
ISBN0631236228, 9780631236221
Length168 pages
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