The Genes of Culture: Towards a Theory of Symbols, Meaning, and Media, Volume 1

ISBN-13: 9781433176647 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 186 str.

Christine Nystrom; Carolyn Wiebe; Susan Maushart

Opis

A cross-disciplinary tour-de-force, The Genes of Culture integrates insights from philosophy, the physical sciences, social psychology and cultural criticism to pose challenging questions for today's students of media.

Spis treści

Acknowledgments - Foreword - Introduction - Prologue - Language and Symbol Systems - Media, Meaning, and Behavior - The Genes of Culture - From Symbol to Medium - Media Environments.

O autorze

Christine L. Nystrom was a professor of media and communication in the Media Ecology program at New York University for over 30 years. She is regarded as one of the founders of that field, alongside her colleague Neil Postman.