An Ecology of Communication: Cultural Formats of Control

David L. Altheide

An Ecology of Communication: Cultural Formats of Control - David L. Altheide

pagine 244

26,95 dollars

1995

Aldine de Gruyter, Berlin and Hawthorne, NY

 

Articulated through an interactionist and non-deterministic focus, An Ecology of Communication offers a distinctive perspective for understanding the impact of information technology, communication formats, and social activities in the new electronic environment. As more routines, rituals, and activities incorporate such technologies within their organizational cultures, new sorts of activities are added and previous ones are changed according to an underlying logic explored in these pages. Various chapters illustrate some of these altered and redefined organizational cultures: bureaucracy, the mass media, computer formats, war, surveillance, and testing, among others.

 

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