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Ferdinand Tonnies on Public Opinion
. Ed(S): Hardt, Hanno; Splichal, Slavko
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Hardback. This text presents selections from Ferdinand Tonnies "Kritik der offentlichen Meining (Critique of Public Opinion)". The editors give a brief history of public opinion and provide the translation and original analyses of Tonnies work, situating it theoretically and historically. Editor(s): Hardt, Hanno; Splichal, Slavko. Translator(s): Hardt, Hanno; Splichal, Slavko. Series: Critical Media Studies: Institutions, Politics, and Culture. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: GTC; JHBA; JPVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 413.
This book presents, for the first time in English, selections from Ferdinand TsnniesO classic Kritik der sffentlichen Meinung (Critique of Public Opinion). Communication scholars Hanno Hardt and Slavko Splichal give a brief history of public opinion and provide the translation and original analyses of TsnniesO work, situating it theoretically and historically. Featuring an introduction by Gary T. Marx, this book highlights TsnniesO valuable contributions to past and current theories of society, communication, and public opinion.
This book presents, for the first time in English, selections from Ferdinand TsnniesO classic Kritik der sffentlichen Meinung (Critique of Public Opinion). Communication scholars Hanno Hardt and Slavko Splichal give a brief history of public opinion and provide the translation and original analyses of TsnniesO work, situating it theoretically and historically. Featuring an introduction by Gary T. Marx, this book highlights TsnniesO valuable contributions to past and current theories of society, communication, and public opinion.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Series
Critical Media Studies: Institutions, Politics, and Culture
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780742501683
SKU
V9780742501683
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About . Ed(S): Hardt, Hanno; Splichal, Slavko
Hanno Hardt is John F. Murray Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication and professor of communication studies at the University of Iowa and professor of communication at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. Slavko Splichal is professor of mass communications and public opinion at the University of Ljubjana and director of the European Institute for Communication and Culture.
Reviews for Ferdinand Tonnies on Public Opinion
Tönnies’ prominence in the social science canon has faded in recent years; publication of this translation should rekindle interest. Tönnies’ little known exploration of public opinion was innovative and informed by themes of great concern today—cultural performance, power, and diversity. In addition, it reveals an interesting critical dimension to Tönnies’ sociology.
Craig Calhoun, University Professor of Social Sciences, Arizona State University A key introduction to one of the founding fathers of the sociology of mass communication, [this book] is well translated, edited, and illuminated by critical commentary.
James Curran, Goldsmiths, University of London Hanno Hardt and Slavko Splichal have performed a useful service for students of the history of social thought, modernization, communication, public opinion, and critical media studies by making this work available in English, contextually locating it and adding fuller bibliographic references. . . . [Tönnies is] a pleasure to read.
Gary T. Marx, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; author of Windows Into the Soul: Surveillance and Society in an Age of High Technology
From The Foreword
This book should be warmly welcomed by scholars with an interest in critical social theory and public opinion. The authors are probably the best experts on the vast literature concerning public opinion and related topics. The present book, which accompanies Tönnies' multilayered and inventive approach to public opinion with thoroughly informed and critical analyses, offeres remarkably rich and thought-provoking material. The authors should be especially credited for bringing it back to light and amidst contemporary concerns with public opinion and social theory in general.
Critical Sociology
An outstanding contribution to the development of the sociology of mass media, Ferdinand Tönnies’ normative and critical theory of public opinion was a formative moment in the creation of communications as an object of inquiry. The translation of Kritik der öffentlichen Meinung is a major publishing event. Understanding Tönnies is an essential intellectual preparation for interpreting the modern media.
Bryan S. Turner, University of Cambridge
Craig Calhoun, University Professor of Social Sciences, Arizona State University A key introduction to one of the founding fathers of the sociology of mass communication, [this book] is well translated, edited, and illuminated by critical commentary.
James Curran, Goldsmiths, University of London Hanno Hardt and Slavko Splichal have performed a useful service for students of the history of social thought, modernization, communication, public opinion, and critical media studies by making this work available in English, contextually locating it and adding fuller bibliographic references. . . . [Tönnies is] a pleasure to read.
Gary T. Marx, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; author of Windows Into the Soul: Surveillance and Society in an Age of High Technology
From The Foreword
This book should be warmly welcomed by scholars with an interest in critical social theory and public opinion. The authors are probably the best experts on the vast literature concerning public opinion and related topics. The present book, which accompanies Tönnies' multilayered and inventive approach to public opinion with thoroughly informed and critical analyses, offeres remarkably rich and thought-provoking material. The authors should be especially credited for bringing it back to light and amidst contemporary concerns with public opinion and social theory in general.
Critical Sociology
An outstanding contribution to the development of the sociology of mass media, Ferdinand Tönnies’ normative and critical theory of public opinion was a formative moment in the creation of communications as an object of inquiry. The translation of Kritik der öffentlichen Meinung is a major publishing event. Understanding Tönnies is an essential intellectual preparation for interpreting the modern media.
Bryan S. Turner, University of Cambridge