Communication as Culture Revised Edition

In this classic text James W. Carey maintains that communication is not merely the transmission of information; reminding the reader of the link between the words communication and community he broadens his definition to include the drawing-together of a people that is culture. In this context Carey questions the American tradition of focusing only on mass communication's function as a means of social and political control and makes a case for examining the content of a communication—the meaning...See More