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Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter One: Karl Kraus

John Theobald, Southampton Institute

Chapter Two: Ferdinand Tönnies

Slavko Splichal, University of Ljubljana. Publications include Media beyond Socialism

Chapter Three: 'The Frankfurt School': Horkheimer, Adorno, Marcuse, Fromm

Hanno Hardt, University of Iowa. Publications include Critical Communication Studies: Communication, History and Theory in America; Interactions: Critical Studies in Communication, Media and Journalism

Chapter Four: McLuhan and His Influences

Joost van Loon, Nottingham Trent University. Editor (with Ulrich Beck) of Repositioning Risk: Critical Issues for Social Theory

Chapter Five: Habermas

Stuart Allen, University of West of England. Publications include News Culture

Jim McGuigan, Coventry University. Publications include Culture and the Public Sphere

Chapter Six: Armand Mattelart

Jason Barker. Publications include Alain Badiou: A Critical Introduction

Chapter Seven: The Glasgow Media Group

John Eldridge, University of Glasgow. Publications include Getting the Message

Chapter Eight: Fairclough, Bourdieu and Pilger

John Theobald and David Berry, Southampton Institute

Chapter Nine: U.S. Radical Media Criticism in the 20th Century

Robert McChesney, University of Illinois. Publications include Rich Media, Poor Democracy: Communication Politics in Dubious Times; Corporate Media and the Threat to Democracy

Chapter Ten: Canadian Mass Media Criticism: The Radical Tradition and Contemporary Practice

James Winter, University of Windsor. Publications include MediaThink

Chapter Eleven: Latin American Culture and Processes of Communications: Jesus Martin-Barbéro and Nestor Canclini

David Berry, Southampton Institute

Chapter Twelve: The Transformative Power of Cultural Criticism: bel hooks and the Media

Cynthia Carter, Cardiff University

Conclusions

Bibliography

Index


 

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