A History of Communication Study: A Biographical Approach

Everett M. Rogers

Free Press, 1994 - Business & Economics - 576 pages

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Contents

• Wilbur Schramm and the Founding: 1
• Wilbur Schramm in about 1947: 2
• Charles Darwin and Evolutionary Theory: 41
• Charles Darwin: 42
• Intellectual Forebears and Descendants of Darwinian Theory: 48
• Sigmund Freud and Psychoanalytic Theory: 65
• Sigmund Freud at Age 70: 70
• Karl Marx and the Critical School: 102
• Karl Marx in London at about 60 Years of Age: 103
• Key Members of the Frankfurt School: 109
• THE GROWTH OF COMMUNICATION: 127
• The Chicago School: 137
• Development in the United States of the Research University: 140
• Intellectual Forebears and Descendants of the Chicago School: 151
• John Dewey in about 1904 When He Left: 158
• George Herbert Mead: 167
• Robert E Park at the University of Chicago: 173
• Harold Lasswell and Propaganda Analysis: 203
• Lasswell at Age 69: 204
• Paul F Lazarsfeld and Mass Communication Effects: 244
• Paul F Lazarsfeld and Frank Stanton: 247
• Adoption of Radio and Television in U S Households: 265
• Kurt Lewin and Group Dynamics: 316
• Kurt Lewin at the University of Iowa: 317
• Carl Hovland and Persuasion Research: 356
• Hovland at Yale University: 357
• Norbert Wiener and Cybernetics: 386
• Norbert Wiener at MIT: 387
• How Feedback Controls a System: 396
• Claude E Shannons Information Theory: 411
• The Shannon Model of Communication: 416
• Wilbur Schramm and the Establishment: 445
• Principal Figures in the History of Communication Study: 496
• Index: 558

Bibliographic information

• Title: A History of Communication Study: A Biographical Approach
• Author: Everett M. Rogers
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Free Press, 1994
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Apr 25, 2008
• ISBN: 0029267358, 9780029267356
• Length: 576 pages
• Subjects: Business & Economics / General