The history of media and communication research : contested memories / edited by David W. Park & Jefferson Pooley.

Other author Park, David W., 1971-
Other author Pooley, Jefferson.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Peter Lang, ©2008.
Descriptionxvii, 390 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects
Mass media--Research. --History.
Communication--Research. --History.

Contents Remembering the straw man / Deborah Lubken -- The new history of mass communication research / Jeff Pooley -- Walter Lippmann, Straw Man of communication research / Sue Curry Jansen -- Feminist historiography and the field / Lana Rakow -- Institutional opportunities for intellectual history in communication studies / John Durham Peters -- Communication / J. Michael Sproule -- Opportunity structures and the creation of knowledge / David Morrison -- How does a discipline become institutionalized? / Veikko Pietila -- Institutional networking / Kaarle Nordenstreng -- The two-step flow vs. the lonely crowd / David W. Park -- Making sense of social change / Wendy Worrall Redal -- Writing figures into the field / Peter Simonson -- Media Research, 1900-1945 / James A. Anderson and Janet W. Colvin -- From Park to Cressey / William J. Buxton .
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2007051150
ISBN9780820488295 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0820488291 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9781433102400 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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