The development of communication studies has been a lively process of adoption and integration of theoretical constructs from Pragmatism, Critical Theory and Cultural Studies. Critical Communication Studies describes the intellectual and professional forces that have shaped research interests and formed alliances in the pursuit of particular goals.
Hanno Hardt reflects on the need to come to terms with the role of history in academic work and locates the intellectual history within the context of competing social theories. The book provides a substantive foundation for...

With a lively and engaging style, Myths for the Masses provides a critical, interdisciplinary, and historically informed statement about communication in contemporary life.

• Written by Hanno Hardt, one of the world's leading authorities on the subject.
  
• Offers a comprehensive appraisal of mass communication.
  
• Provides a critical perspective on media and communication in society.
  
• Contains critical insights into the state of mass communication, democracy, and the construction of the self in society.

This text shows how and why US educational reforms must seek to build upon rather than downplay the native culture and language of minority students. The work includes stories from teachers and students that show what works - and what doesn't - in creating effective educational opportunties.

Unlike most media histories which focus on the news industry from an institutional point of view, these collected essays concentrate on the newsworkers, primarily writers and editors, working in the press from the 18 through the 1930s. The scholars consider issues of labor and class as they coincide

Enriched by critical theory and the insights of cultural studies, and rooted in the power of historical explanation, this collection of classic and new essays contributes to the theory and practice of critical studies in communication, media, and journalism. The volume helps develop alternative ways of thinking about communication and media practices at a time when the conditions of communication, participation, and democracy are threatened by commercial and political interests. It is grounded in a critical theory of the media that addresses the potential of liberating individuals_consumers...