Communication and Democracy
Subtitle: (Communication and Information Science)
Contributors: Slavko Splichal (Editor); Janet Wasko (Editor)
Edition: 1st Ed edition
Publisher: Ablex Publishing
Published: January 1, 1993
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9780893917647
Subjects: Media studies; Political ideologies; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy; Mass Communication Media And Politics; Language Arts & Disciplines; Language; Politics/International Relations; Communication; Language Arts & Disciplines / Communication; Communication and culture; Democracy; Political aspects
First sentence: There is one surprising characteristic in the matter of democracy: All the fundamental ideas and texts on principles of democracy had appeared before the development of mass communication and the mass media in the strict sense, that is, before the end of the 19th century, and before the "information revolution," although the contemporary massive prophecy of democratic society seems to be strongly related particularly to the very recent developments of information and communication technologies.