Origins of mass communications research during the American Cold War
Subtitle: educational effects and contemporary implications
By: Timothy Glander.
Series: Sociocultural, political, and historical studies in education
Publisher: L. Erlbaum
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Mahwah, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 237
Subjects: Mass media -- Research -- United States -- History; Mass media in education -- United States
Description: "In this critical examination of the beginnings of mass communications research in the United States - written from the perspective of an educational historian - Timothy Glander uses archival materials that have not been widely studied to document, contextualize, and interpret the dominant expressions of this field during the time in which it became rooted in American academic life, and tries to give articulation to the larger historical forces that gave the field its fundamental purposes.

By mid-century, mass communications researchers had become recognized as experts in describing the effects of the mass media on learning and other social behavior. However, the conditions that promoted and sustained their authority as experts have not been adequately explored. This study analyzes the ideological and historical forces giving rise to, and shaping, their research."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.219-232) and index.