The Toronto School of Communication Theory: Interpretations, Extensions, Applications
Rita Watson (Ed.)
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Hardback. This collection not only represents a crucial step in defining the 'Toronto School,' it also provides close analysis of the ideas of its individual members. Editor(s): Watson, Rita; Blondheim, Menahem. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: GTC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 33. Weight in Grams: 680.
While never formally recognized as a school of thought in its time, the work of a number of University of Toronto scholars over several decades - most notably Harold Adams Innis and Marshall McLuhan - formulated a number of original attempts to conceptualize communication as a phenomenon, and launched radical and innovative conjectures about its consequences. This landmark collection of essays re-assesses the existence, and re-evaluates the contribution, of the so-called Toronto School of Communication.
While the theories of Innis and McLuhan are notoriously resistant to neat encapsulation, some general themes have emerged in scholarly attempts to situate them within the ... Read more
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9780802097750
SKU
V9780802097750
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About Rita Watson (Ed.)
Rita Watson holds the Abraham Schiffman Chair in the School of Education at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Menahem Blondheim is a professor in the Department of American Studies and the Department of Communication and Journalism at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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