丁香园AV

Media and Modernity CMNS 310 (4)

An examination of the development of communication theory in western social thought from the eighteenth century to the early twentieth century. Discussion is focused around a series of debates about the changing nature of human communication in modernity with specific reference to the rise of modern mass media. Topics discussed include the so-called growth of mass society in modernity; the emergence of Marxism; the origins of modern linguistics; and the rise and reformation of behavioural approaches to communication research. Prerequisite: Two of CMNS 210, 221, 240.