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Crafting Society - Ethnicity, Class, and Communication Theory (Hardcover)
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Crafting Society - Ethnicity, Class, and Communication Theory (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Communication Series
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The study of communication, language, and discourse is at once
simple, elegant, and complex. Each of these areas is informed by
"micro" subjective experiences of individuals and the "macro"
processes of a culture. Communication itself is thoroughly modern
yet it seeks anchorage in the traditions of the humanities and
social sciences. All of this creates a significant challenge.
In this monograph, Ellis considers the study of communication as
he discusses three key issues in communication theory: (1) the
growing emphasis on meaning, (2) the importance of a mediated
culture, and (3) the links between micro communication activities
and macro social categories such as ethnicity and social class. In
response to these three issues, this book deals with the way people
use language and communication to construct their world; this world
is not constructed purely but is influenced by attitudes,
ideologies, and biases. In the modern world the medium of
communication has an impact on consciousness and society, and Ellis
shows how the media are responsible for some of the fault lines in
society. The book also explores principles of medium theory and
documents the impact of media on psychological and sociological
phenomena. Finally, work of Goffman, Giddens, and Randall Collins
is extended to show how micro communication behaviors are
implicated in and by social conditions.
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Expanded features:
* The chapters work out a logic connecting real communication
patterns with the broad principles upon which societies are
explored. Thus the title "Crafting" Society--the crafting is
purposefully active to indicate the dynamic processes involved in
creating what we call society. Society and culture have their roots
and empirical bases in communication; that is, in the daily
struggles of interaction.
* Two chapters on two of the most important and controversial
issues of the day--ethnicity and class. These two chapters are
clear illustrations of the new theoretical principles discussed
throughout the book.
* A chapter on social class is very unique for a book devoted to
communication processes. Communication theorists do not usually
write about class, even though it is a highly symbolic process and
rooted in communication patterns. Class is a difficult concept in
America since so few people, other than sociologists, care to talk
about it.
* A chapter on medium theory takes the bold step of experimenting
a little by summarizing basic causal statements and propositions.
This device underscores the goal of a theory which is to come to
grips with testable statements. The focus is on medium theory and
how the media influence consciousness and social structure.
* A unique chapter takes up the issue of how communication
processes are constitutive of social structures. It draws on work
by Giddens and others to return to a concept of structure based on
actions that produce and reproduce structure.
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