The author argues that terrorism, like any other problem, is socially constructed. Rather than being something understood identically by people in different societies and different eras, the concept of terrorism is shaped by social and political processes, by bureaucratic needs …
James W. Carey, by the time of his death in 2006, was a towering figure in communication research in the U.S. In this book, Pooley provides a critical introduction to Carey's work. The book is an attempt to understand the unusual if also undeniable significance that Carey holds …
Cette histoire des réalités multiformes de la notion de communication, commence avec la normalisation des tracés et trafics des canaux et des routes et se termine avec l'éclosion des médias de masse et des mesures mécaniques des audiences. Elle décrypte les nouveaux dispositifs …