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The Reality of the Mass Media

The Reality of the Mass Media

Luhmann, Niklas
Cross, Kathleen

Paperback

Series: Cultural Memory in the Present

General ReferenceGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 0804740771
ISBN13: 9780804740777
Publisher: Stanford Univ Pr
Published: Jul 1 2000
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.54
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.97 Depth: 8.97
Language: English

In The Reality of the Mass Media, Luhmann extends his theory of social systems--applied in his earlier works to the economy, the political system, art, religion, the sciences, and law--to an examination of the role of mass media in the construction of social reality.

Luhmann argues that the system of mass media is a set of recursive, self-referential programs of communication, whose functions are not determined by the external values of truthfulness, objectivity, or knowledge, nor by specific social interests or political directives. Rather, he contends that the system of mass media is regulated by the internal code information/noninformation, which enables the system to select its information (news) from its own environment and to communicate this information in accordance with its own reflexive criteria.

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