Crafting Society: Ethnicity, Class, and Communication Theory

ISBN-13: 9780415515641 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 248 str.

Ellis, Donald G.

Opis

In this monograph, Ellis considers the study of communication as he discusses three key issues in communication theory: the growing emphasis on meaning, the importance of a mediated culture, and the links between micro communication activities and macro social categories such as ethnicity and social class.

Recenzje

"Ellis offers a unique perspective, combining traditional communication theory with media-, cultural-, and ethnic-communication theory....Ellis presents a thorough discussion of the cultural ramifications of volume and speed of modern communication and explores the micro and macro complexities of communication theory....This well-researched book with its extensive reference section should be considered by libraries supporting communication studies at the upper-division undergraduate level and above."
—CHOICE

"Ellis does an impressive job of providing a thorough and concise overview of the social construction of reality through communication from ethnicity and class 'stand-points'....Overall, this scholarly work is to be commended for tackling the idiosyncrasies of a discipline that continues to define itself....communication scholars will be sensitized to the saliency of research that brings diverse experiences from the margins and into the center."
—Communication Theory

"It is certainly an interesting book with a lot of information and a provocative attitude."
—Discourse & Society

Spis treści

Contents: Preface. Introduction. Constructing Communication Theory. Medium Theory. Meaning, Discourse, and Society. Principles of Interdependence and Structuration. Ethnicity and Its Shadow. Class: The Presence That Dare Not Speak Its Name. References.

O autorze

Donald G. Ellis