The Toronto School of Communication Theory : : Interpretations, Extensions, Applications /

The Toronto School of Communication Theory : : Interpretations, Extensions, Applications / / ed. by Rita Watson, Menahem Blondheim.

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While never formally recognized as a school of thought in its time, the work of a number of University of Toronto scholars over several decades - most notably Harold Adams Innis and Marshall McLuhan - formulated a number of original attempts to conceptualize communication as a phenomenon, and launch...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
MitwirkendeR:
Adoni, Hanna,
Allen, Gene,
Blondheim, Menahem,
Carey, James W.,
Cohen-Almagor, Raphael,
Cohen-Avigdor, Nava,
Diebert, Ronald J.,
Frosh, Paul,
Katz, Elihu,
Katz, Ruth,
Lehman-Wilzig, Sam,
Nosseck, Hillel,
Olson, David R.,
Shifman, Limor,
Siegel, Arthur,
Watson, Rita,
Zhao, Xiaoquan,
HerausgeberIn:
Blondheim, Menahem,
Watson, Rita,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]
©2008
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (336 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Foreword: The Toronto School and Communication Research
  • Introduction: Innis, McLuhan and the Toronto School
  • Part I. Interpretations
  • 1. Between Essentialism and Constructivism: Harold Innis and World Order Transformations
  • 2. "The Significance of Communication" According to Harold Adams Innis
  • 3. Marshall McLuhan: Genealogy and Legacy
  • 4. McLuhan: Where Did He Come From, Where Did He Disappear?
  • 5. Northrop Frye and the Toronto School of Communication Theory
  • Part II. Extensions
  • 6. The Bias of Bias: Innis, Lessing and the Problem of Space
  • 7. Monopolies of News: Harold Innis, the Telegraph and Wire Services
  • 8. Revitalizing Time: An Innisian Perspective on the Internet
  • 9. Articulating Mcluhan: A Cognitive-Pragmatic Perspective on the Consequences of Communication Media
  • Part III. Applications
  • 10. The Global Village, the Nation State and Ethnic Community: Audiences of Communication and the Boundaries of Identity
  • 11. Rare to Medium: A Full Taxonomy of Elements for Assessing How Well (Done) the Internet's Unique Capabilities are Currently Exploited by e-Magazines
  • 12. Conceptualizing the Right to Privacy: Ethical and Legal Considerations
  • 13. From the Spider to the Web: Innis' Ecological Approach to the Evolution of Communication Technologies
  • Afterword Whatever Happened to the Toronto School?
  • List of Contributors

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