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Responsibility in mass communication.

Title
Responsibility in mass communication.
Author
Schramm, Wilbur, 1907-1987.
Publication
New York, Harper [1957]

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Description
xxiii, 391 pages; 22 cm.
Summary
"As background he traces the historical development of the technics of communication from the invention of printing through the power press, telegraph, movies, radio, and television. He then discusses four major concepts of communication -- authoritarian, totalitarian, libertarian, and social responsibility."
Series Statement
Series on ethics and economic life
Uniform Title
Ethics and economics of society
Subject
  • Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer Bitterfeld
  • Mass media > Social aspects
  • Ethik
  • Gesellschaft
  • Massenmedien
  • Verantwortung
  • Verhaltenskodex
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 370-374. Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 375-384)
Contents
The thesis -- I. The growth of mass communication : Its development -- Its structure -- Its social effects -- II. The philosophy of mass communication : The four concepts of mass communication -- III. Ethics in mass communication : Freedom -- The right to know -- Truth and fairness -- Popular art -- IV. Responsibility in mass communication : The government -- The media -- The public.
LCCN
57010951
OCLC
  • ocm00308027
  • 308027
  • SCSB-135046
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library