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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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Book/Text | Use in library | HE191.S37 | Off-site |
Details
- 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
- 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