Marxism and Communication Studies
The Point is to Change It
©2006
Textbook
X,
260 Pages
Series:
Media and Culture, Volume 8
Summary
There is a timely and urgent need for a reasoned dialogue reassessing how Marxism can advance the study of human communication and transform the social world in which it is embedded. Indeed, ongoing world-historical events – including the vigorously organized market globalization, the corresponding insurgent global anticorporate movement, and the conflicts engendered by the U.S. invasion of Iraq – have underscored the importance of a thorough critique of global capitalism and its telecommunication technologies and practices.
This important new collection, featuring essays by leading scholars and practitioners, provides a much-needed overview and assessment of Marxism’s significance to contemporary thinking in communication and media studies. Contributors demonstrate how a Marxist perspective can be usefully applied to specific case studies in communication, providing valuable insights and understandings that are not obtainable using other approaches.
This important new collection, featuring essays by leading scholars and practitioners, provides a much-needed overview and assessment of Marxism’s significance to contemporary thinking in communication and media studies. Contributors demonstrate how a Marxist perspective can be usefully applied to specific case studies in communication, providing valuable insights and understandings that are not obtainable using other approaches.
Details
- Pages
- X, 260
- Publication Year
- 2006
- ISBN (Hardcover)
- 9780820488257
- ISBN (Softcover)
- 9780820481265
- Language
- English
- Keywords
- Massenmedien Communication Critical Theory Kommunikation Sozialer Wandel Marxismus Aufsatzsammlung Marxism
- Published
- New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, Oxford, Wien, 2006. X, 260 pp.
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