The Reality of the Mass Media

by Niklas Luhmann

Book Overview

In The Reality of the Mass Media, Luhmann extends his theory of social systems--applied in his earlier works to the economy, the political system, art, religion, the sciences, and law--to an examination of the role of mass media in the construction of social reality.

Luhmann argues that the system of mass media is a set of recursive, self-referential programs of communication, whose functions are not determined by the external values...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804740771
• ISBN13: 9780804740777
• Release Date: July 2000
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"