传播

by Raymond Williams, 雷蒙·威廉斯, 付玉 (Translator)

电台、电视、印刷、照相、电影——雷蒙德·威廉斯在20世纪60年代对这些传播形式所做的引人入胜的研究，时至今日仍然意义非凡。现实是首要的，对现实的传达是次要的，此种观念已经无法站得住脚——如果我们认为先有生活，然后才有对它的描述，那我们就菲薄了艺术与知识。雷蒙德·威廉斯认为，传播是现实不断形成和改变的主要方式。本书即他对现代传播手段与体系的精彩阐释。

Genres: Nonfiction, Cultural, Politics, History, Sociology

182 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1962

About the author

Raymond Henry Williams was a Welsh academic, novelist, and critic. He taught for many years and the Professor of Drama at the University of Cambridge. He was an influential figure within the New Left and in wider culture. His writings on politics, culture, the mass media and literature are a significant contribution to the Marxist critique of culture and the arts. His work laid the foundations for the field of cultural studies and the cultural materialist approach. Among his many books are Culture and Society, Culture and Materialism, Politics and Letters, Problems in Materialism and Culture, and several novels.

Reviews

[David · Rating 2 out of 5]

Just ok. Probably outdated but to the degree that it isn't its ideas seem very common sense. Liberty of press and power of finance in art must be curbed by democratized state institutions. You don't need a book to make that case — I can do it in a goodreads review even!!

[Opal · Rating 3 out of 5]

This flits between fascinating and wildly dull but I mostly feel glad I read it