In this major new work, Thompson develops an original account of ideology and relates it to the analysis of culture and mass communication in modern Societies.
Thompson offers a concise and critical appraisal of major contributions to the theory of ideology, from Marx and Mannheim, to Horkheimer, Adorno and Habermas. He argues that these thinkers - and social and political theorists more generally - have failed to deal adequately with the nature of mass communication and its role in the modern world. In order to overcome this deficiency, Thompson undertakes a wide-ranging analysis of the development of mass communication, outlining a distinctive social theory of the mass media and their impact.
- ISBN13 9780745678214
- Publish Date 10 June 2013 (first published 1 February 1991)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Polity Press
- Format eBook
- Pages 370
- Language English
- URL http://wiley.com/remtitle.cgi?isbn=0745678211