| Description |
x, 195 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
This book makes a distinction between three general types of media: the human body enabling communication in the flesh; the technically reproduced means of mass communication; and the digital technologies facilitating interaction one-to-one, one-to-many, as well as many-to-many. |
| Contents |
Introduction : communication : the very idea -- Erro, ergo sum : communication and pragmatism in the history of ideas -- Differences that make a difference : the art and science of media and communication research -- Media matters : the material conditions of communication -- Media meanings : the discourses, genres, and modalities of communication -- Media institutions : between agency and structure -- Media of science : doing communication research -- The future of communication : pragmatism between modernism and postmodernism. |
| Subject |
Communication -- Technological innovations.
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Digital media.
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Communication models.
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| ISBN |
9780415482042 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780415482035 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
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0415482038 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
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0415482046 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780203855485 (ebk.) |
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0203855485 (ebk.) |
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