Origins of Mass Communications Research During the American Cold War: Educational Effects and Contemporary Implications

by Glander; Timothy

• ISBN13: 9780805827354
• ISBN10: 0805827358
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781135683214
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1999-12-01
• Publisher: Routledge
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Summary

This critical examination of the origins of mass comm. research from the perspective of an educational historian investigates the educational meaning of the mass media, with the goal of understanding the essential connection between educ. and comm.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Acknowledgments	xiii
Education and Propaganda: The Propaganda Debate Between the Wars	1	(37)
Communications Research Comes of Age	38	(35)
The Social Ideas of American Mass Communications Experts	73	(32)
Paul F. Lazarsfeld and the Bureau of Applied Social Research	105	(29)
Wilbur Schramm and the Founding of Communication Study	134	(45)
The Universe of Discourse in Which We Grew Up	179	(23)
Conclusion	202	(17)
Bibliography	219	(14)
Index	233