TY - BOOK AU - Berry,David AU - Theobald,John TI - Radical mass media criticism: a cultural genealogy T2 - Black Rose Books SN - 1551642468 (pbk.) U1 - 302.23 22 PY - 2006/// CY - Montreal, New York PB - Black Rose Books KW - Mass media criticism KW - BUEsh KW - COMAME KW - November2018 KW - Reading book N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Radical mass media criticism : an introduction / David Berry -- The intellectual tradition of radical mass media criticism : a framework / John Theobald -- In pursuit of socialised press : Ferdinand Tonnies's critique of the press and his predecessors / Slavko Splichal -- Karl Kraus and media commodification of language / John Theobald -- The Frankfurt School and aesthetic discourse : critical theory, art, and the critique of (mass) communication / Hanno Hardt -- Mediating politics : Jürgen Habermas and the public sphere / Jim McGuigan and Stuart Allan -- The work of the Glasgow Media Group : an insider's story / John Eldridge -- Armand Mattelart : historicism and mass media / Sanda Miller -- Canadian critical communication / Robert E. Babe and James P. Winter -- McLuhan and his influences / Joost Van Loon -- A century of radical media criticism in the USA / Ben Scott and Robert W. McChesney -- Popular culture and mass media in Latin America : some reflections on the works of Jesus Martin-Barbero and Nestor Garcia Canclini / David Berry -- The transformative power of cultural criticism : bell hooks's radical media analysis / Cynthia Carter -- Dissident intellectuals and intellectual dissidents : some concluding thoughts about thinking and acting / John Theobald N2 - Since the beginning of the media age, there have been thinkers who have reacted against the increasing power of the mass media and perceived its ever more pervasive role in historical development. This book examines those early mass media critics, and their controversial writings, and links them with their contemporaries to demonstrate the relevance of their legacy for today's debates on media power and media ethics. - from publisher description ER -