The Media and Modernity: A Social Theory of the Media

by John Brookshire Thompson

Book Overview

What role have communication media played in the formation of modern societies? How should we understand the social impact of new forms of communication and information diffusion, from the advent of printing in fifteenth-century Europe to the expansion of global communication networks today?

In this major new work, Thompson addresses these and other questions by elaborating a distinctive social theory of communication media and their impact...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804726795
• ISBN13: 9780804726795
• Release Date: December 1995
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Very informative and engaging title

Sociological and anthropological theories are integral to the structure of this book and the theories discussed here. Very interesting and informative, the author formulates various models of communication and the media's effects on society and the formation of the self and personal identity. Politics and ecomics are briefly addressed but only in their capacity to shape the media, which in turn molds national and global culture.