In the years between World War I and the 1960s, how did our understanding of propaganda and its impact evolve? Here is a streamlined roundup of the theories we have discussed recently, from Lasswell to Lazarsfeld to McLuhan. These notes cover our discussion of propaganda, canalization, two-step-flow and McLuhan’s famous pronouncement that “the medium is the message.”
J485-Mass Media and Society-Notes Packet #2-Media Theory Comparative Roundup
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