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1、CommunicationasCultureInthisclassictext,JamesW.Careymaintainsthatcommunicationisnotmerelythetransmissionofinformation.Remindingthereaderofthelinkbetweenthewordscommunicationandcommunity,hebroadenshisdefinitiontoincludethedrawing-togetherofapeoplethatisculture.Inthiscontex
2、t,CareyquestionstheAmericantraditionoffocusingonlyonmasscommunicationsfunctionasameansofsocialandpoliticalcontrol,andmakesacaseforexaminingthecontentofacommunicationthemeaningofsymbols,notonlythemotivesthatoriginatethemorthepurposestheyserve.Heseekstorecastthegoalofcommu
3、nicationsstudies,replacingthesearchfordeterministiclawsofbehaviorwithasimpler,yetfarmorechallengingmission:toenlargethehumanconversationbycomprehendingwhatothersaresaying.ThisneweditionincludesanewcriticalforewordbyG.StuartAdamthatexplainsCareysfundamentalroleintransform
4、ingthestudyofmasscommuni-cationtoincludeaculturalperspectiveandconnectshisclassicessayswithcontemporarymediaissuesandtrends.Thiseditionalsoaddsanew,completebibliographyofallofCareyswritings.JamesW.Careywasbornin1934inProvidence,RhodeIsland.HeearnedafirstdegreeinBusinessat
5、theUniversityofRhodeIslandbeforeattendingtheUniversityofIllinoisatUrbana-Champaignwherehewasawardedadoctorateincommunications.HewasappointedtothefacultyatIllinoisin1963andwasdirectorofitsInstituteforCommunicationResearchfrom196976.From197679,CareyheldtheGeorgeH.GallupCha
6、irattheUniversityofIowa,buthereturnedtoIllinoisin1979tobecomeDeanoftheCollegeofCom-munication,apositionhehelduntil1992.HejoinedthefacultyofColumbiaUniversitysGraduateSchoolofJournalismin1992andremainedthereuntilhisdeathinMay,2006.Inthecourseofadistinguishedcareerasanadmi
7、nistrator,teacher,originalthinkerandpioneerinthefieldsofCommunicationandAmericanCulturalStudies,Careypublishedapproximately170essays,speeches,andreviews.CommunicationasCultureEssaysonMediaandSocietyRevisedEditionJamesW.CareyNewForewordbyG.StuartAdamFirsteditionpublished19
8、89byUnwinHymanInc.FirstpublishedbyRoutledge1992Thiseditionfirstpublished2009byRoutledge270MadisonAve,Ne