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Author:   Ithiel de Sola Pool ,  Lloyd S. Etheredge
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.60cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.748kg
ISBN:  

9781560003441

ISBN 10:   1560003448
Pages:   395
Publication Date:   30 January 1997
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction I: Political Communication 1. Introduction to Political Communication 2. Changing Images: The Role of Communications in the Process of Modernization 3. Newsmen’s Fantasies, Audiences, and Newswriting 4. Deterrence as an Influence Process 5. Contacts and Influence 6. American Politics: Congress and Its Constituents 7. Trends in Content Analysis Today: A Summary Part II: Societal Impact 8. Foresight and Hindsight: The Case of the Telephone 9. Communications Technology and Land Use 10. The Mass Media and Politics in the Modernization Process 11. Four Unnatural Institutions and the Road Ahead Part III: Technology, Policy, and Freedom Editor’s Introduction 12. Tracking the Flow of Information 13. The Public and the Polity 14. Citizen Feedback in Political Philosophy 15. Communication and Integrated Planning 16. Technology and Confusion: The Satellite Broadcast Controversy in the U.N. 17. From Gutenberg to Electronics: Implications for the First Amendment 18. Policies for Freedom

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This collection of the writings of the late Ithiel de Sola Pool is a timely and useful consideration of the work of a founding father of the political science subdiscipline called political communication. Etheridge's selections from Pool's vast output covers both Pool's intellectual development and his growing interest in the subject of communication... The book is an excellent guide to the history of the subfield and an inquiry into the fundamental questions of democracy and communication. The editing is well done; many of the selections read like contemporary work and thus are the ultimate tribute to a great social scientist. Strongly recommended for all political science collections. --E. Lewis, Choice Ithiel de Sola Pool was the guru as to the impact of the rapidly developing information technology on the quality of life and democratic processes. The essays in this book illumine the field of communications and society with great clarity and brilliant insights. They constitute an essential base for understanding the telecommunications and information revolution. --Henry Galler, The Markle Foundation Ithiel de Sola Pool was a truly creative and innovative social scientist who firmly believed in the merit and strength of ideas developed in open settings. As the Western adage goes, truth makes one free. Ithiel de Sola Pool not only believed in this but also in the creative and emancipatory nature of technologies in making this adage more deeply and widely realized. He was a person always at ease with different ideas, persons, and environments. --Takashi Inoguchi, former assistant secretary general of the United Nations

-This collection of the writings of the late Ithiel de Sola Pool is a timely and useful consideration of the work of a founding father of the political science subdiscipline called -political communication.- Etheridge's selections from Pool's vast output covers both Pool's intellectual development and his growing interest in the subject of communication... The book is an excellent guide to the history of the subfield and an inquiry into the fundamental questions of democracy and communication. The editing is well done; many of the selections read like contemporary work and thus are the ultimate tribute to a great social scientist. Strongly recommended for all political science collections.- --E. Lewis, Choice -Ithiel de Sola Pool was the guru as to the impact of the rapidly developing information technology on the quality of life and democratic processes. The essays in this book illumine the field of communications and society with great clarity and brilliant insights. They constitute an essential base for understanding the telecommunications and information revolution.- --Henry Galler, The Markle Foundation -Ithiel de Sola Pool was a truly creative and innovative social scientist who firmly believed in the merit and strength of ideas developed in open settings. As the Western adage goes, truth makes one free. Ithiel de Sola Pool not only believed in this but also in the creative and emancipatory nature of technologies in making this adage more deeply and widely realized. He was a person always at ease with different ideas, persons, and environments.- --Takashi Inoguchi, former assistant secretary general of the United Nations This collection of the writings of the late Ithiel de Sola Pool is a timely and useful consideration of the work of a founding father of the political science subdiscipline called political communication. Etheridge's selections from Pool's vast output covers both Pool's intellectual development and his growing interest in the subject of communication... The book is an excellent guide to the history of the subfield and an inquiry into the fundamental questions of democracy and communication. The editing is well done; many of the selections read like contemporary work and thus are the ultimate tribute to a great social scientist. Strongly recommended for all political science collections. --E. Lewis, Choice Ithiel de Sola Pool was the guru as to the impact of the rapidly developing information technology on the quality of life and democratic processes. The essays in this book illumine the field of communications and society with great clarity and brilliant insights. They constitute an essential base for understanding the telecommunications and information revolution. --Henry Galler, The Markle Foundation Ithiel de Sola Pool was a truly creative and innovative social scientist who firmly believed in the merit and strength of ideas developed in open settings. As the Western adage goes, truth makes one free. Ithiel de Sola Pool not only believed in this but also in the creative and emancipatory nature of technologies in making this adage more deeply and widely realized. He was a person always at ease with different ideas, persons, and environments. --Takashi Inoguchi, former assistant secretary general of the United Nations Ithiel de Sola Pool was the guru as to the impact of the rapidly developing information technology on the quality of life and democratic processes. The essays in this book illumine the field of communications and society with great clarity and brilliant insights. They constitute an essential base for understanding the telecommunications and information revolution. -Henry Galler, The Markle Foundation Ithiel de Sola Pool was a truly creative and innovative social scientist who firmly believed in the merit and strength of ideas developed in open settings. As the Western adage goes, truth makes one free. Ithiel de Sola Pool not only believed in this but also in the creative and emancipatory nature of technologies in making this adage more deeply and widely realized. He was a person always at ease with different ideas, persons, and environments. Takashi Inoguchi, former assistant secretary general of the United Nations

This collection of the writings of the late Ithiel de Sola Pool is a timely and useful consideration of the work of a founding father of the political science subdiscipline called political communication. Etheridge's selections from Pool's vast output covers both Pool's intellectual development and his growing interest in the subject of communication... The book is an excellent guide to the history of the subfield and an inquiry into the fundamental questions of democracy and communication. The editing is well done; many of the selections read like contemporary work and thus are the ultimate tribute to a great social scientist. Strongly recommended for all political science collections. </p> --E. Lewis, <em>Choice</em></p> Ithiel de Sola Pool was the guru as to the impact of the rapidly developing information technology on the quality of life and democratic processes. The essays in this book illumine the field of communications and society with great clarity and brilliant insights. They constitute an essential base for understanding the telecommunications and information revolution. </p> --Henry Galler, The Markle Foundation</p> Ithiel de Sola Pool was a truly creative and innovative social scientist who firmly believed in the merit and strength of ideas developed in open settings. As the Western adage goes, truth makes one free. Ithiel de Sola Pool not only believed in this but also in the creative and emancipatory nature of technologies in making this adage more deeply and widely realized. He was a person always at ease with different ideas, persons, and environments. </p> --Takashi Inoguchi, former assistant secretary general of the United Nations</p>

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