Key thinkers in critical communication scholarship
Subtitle: from the pioneers to the next generation
By: edited by John A. Lent, Temple University, USA ;  Michelle Amazeen, Rider University, USA
Series: Palgrave global media policy and business
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Houndsmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781137463401
Subjects: Mass media specialists; Mass media criticism; Study and teaching; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies; Mass media; Interviews; Social scientists
Description: "The life of a critical researcher is often a lonely one. As Janet Wasko observed in A Different Road Taken, challenging dominant power structures is difficult, often leading to additional scrutiny from within one's academic department and/or field and generally resulting in few, if any, opportunities for funded research. This volume serves as a guidepost to those wishing to understand the difficulties facing critical researchers and how others have been able to navigate through the challenges. It will be particularly valuable for those interested in learning about the scholars who conducted research that did not conform to mainstream social science standards and challenged established views. In addition, the lives and work of these critical researchers offers a means for understanding ourselves as we try to make sense of the dynamic and complicated world in which we live"--
Table of contents: title: Introduction. Noam Chomsky /John A. Lent and Michelle A. Amazeen; title: Christian Fuchs /  Michelle A. Amazeen; title: Edward S. Herman / John A. Lent and Michelle A. Amazeen; title: John A. Lent / Gerald Sussman and Michelle A. Amazeen; title: Robert W. McChesney /  Michelle A. Amazeen; title: Eileen Meehan / John A. Lent; title: Vincent Mosco / John A. Lent; title: Graham Murdock /  Michelle A. Amazeen; title: Manjunath Pendakur /  Michelle A. Amazeen; title: Gerald Sussman / John A. Lent; title: Janet Wasko / John A. Lent; title: Yuezhi Zhao / John A. Lent.