Media and Communication

Acknowledgements vii Introduction 1(6) Part I The masses 7(84) Mass communication: Lazarsfeld, Adorno, Merton, USA, 1930s and 1940s 9(22) Mass culture: Horkheimer, Adorno, Brecht, Benjamin, Germany/USA, 1930s and 1940s 31(32) The end of the masses: Merton, Lazarsfeld, Riesman, Katz, USA, 1940s and 1950s 63(28) Part II Everyday life 91(78) Culture and communication: Leavis, Hoggart, Williams, England, 1930s--1950s 93(30) Communication and technology: Innis, McLuhan, Canada, 1950s--1960s 123(22) Communication as interaction: Goffman and Garfinkel, USA, 1950s--1970s 145(24) Part III Communicative rationality and irrationality 169(91) Communication and language: Austin, Grice, Sacks, Levinson, UK/USA, 1950s--1970s 171(27) Communication as ideology: Hall, UK, 1960s and 1970s 198(35) Communication and Publicness: Habermas, Germany (USA/UK), 1950s--1990s 233(27) Conclusion 260(34) Index 294