| Description |
x, 195 pages : illustrations ; 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.
|
|
Communication -- Technological innovations. |
|
Digital media.
|
|
Digital media. |
|
Communication models.
|
|
Communication models. |
| ISBN |
9780415482042 paperback alkaline paper |
|
9780415482035 hardback alkaline paper |
|
0415482038 hardback alkaline paper |
|
0415482046 paperback alkaline paper |
|
9780203855485 e-book |
|
0203855485 e-book |
|
