Emancipation, the media, and modernity : arguments about the media and social theory

"The book argues that the media are important because they raise a set of questions that have been central to social and political theory since the Enlightenment. In a series of probes into different sets of questions raised by the media, the argument of the book focuses on the problem raised by what Kant called the unsocial sociability of human kind. Under what conditions could autonomous, free individuals live in viable social communities. Or to put it another way what are the related scope for, and limits on, human reason and emancipation."--BOOK JACKET.  Read more... The media, emancipation, and modernity -- Media histories, media theories, and modernity -- The media as cultural industries -- The media as technologies -- Media producers -- Audiences: interpretation and consumption -- Culture, ideology, and aesthetics: the analysis and evaluation of media content -- The media and politics.