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The Mass Media and Critical Theory: An American View

The Mass Media and Critical Theory: An American View I e COMMUNICATION REVIEWS AND COMMENTARIES COMMUNICATION REVIEWS AND COMMENTARIES 1- The Mass Media and Critical Theory: An American View JAMES W. CAREY University of I/finois-Urbana HE task of hermeneutics is to charm hermetically sealed-off thinkers out of their self-enclosed practices and to see the rela­ tions among scholars as strands of a conversation, a conversa- tion without presuppositions that unites the speakers, but "where the hope of agreement is never lost so long as the conversation lasts" (Rorty, 1979, p. 318). In other words, on this view scholars are not lock~d in combat over some universal truth, but united in society: "persons whose paths through life have fallen together, united by civility rather than by a common goal, much less a common ground." This hermeneutic intent is nowhere more needed than in theoretical discussions of the mass media. Of all the areas or subareas within com­ munications, that of the mass media has proven to be the most fiercely resistant to adequate theoretical formulation - indeed, even to systematic discussion. The concepts and methods, which if not adequate are at least not embarrassing, when applied to interpersonal communication prove hapless and even a little silly when applied to http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Annals of the International Communication Association Taylor & Francis

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I e COMMUNICATION REVIEWS AND COMMENTARIES COMMUNICATION REVIEWS AND COMMENTARIES 1- The Mass Media and Critical Theory: An American View JAMES W. CAREY University of I/finois-Urbana HE task of hermeneutics is to charm hermetically sealed-off thinkers out of their self-enclosed practices and to see the rela­ tions among scholars as strands of a conversation, a conversa- tion without presuppositions that unites the speakers, but "where the hope of agreement is never lost so long as...
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Taylor & Francis
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© 1982 Taylor and Francis Group LLC
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2380-8977
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2380-8985
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10.1080/23808985.1982.11678493
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I e COMMUNICATION REVIEWS AND COMMENTARIES COMMUNICATION REVIEWS AND COMMENTARIES 1- The Mass Media and Critical Theory: An American View JAMES W. CAREY University of I/finois-Urbana HE task of hermeneutics is to charm hermetically sealed-off thinkers out of their self-enclosed practices and to see the rela­ tions among scholars as strands of a conversation, a conversa- tion without presuppositions that unites the speakers, but "where the hope of agreement is never lost so long as the conversation lasts" (Rorty, 1979, p. 318). In other words, on this view scholars are not lock~d in combat over some universal truth, but united in society: "persons whose paths through life have fallen together, united by civility rather than by a common goal, much less a common ground." This hermeneutic intent is nowhere more needed than in theoretical discussions of the mass media. Of all the areas or subareas within com­ munications, that of the mass media has proven to be the most fiercely resistant to adequate theoretical formulation - indeed, even to systematic discussion. The concepts and methods, which if not adequate are at least not embarrassing, when applied to interpersonal communication prove hapless and even a little silly when applied to

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Annals of the International Communication Association – Taylor & Francis

Published: Jan 1, 1982

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