A different road taken : profiles in critical communication /
edited by John A. Lent.
- Boulder : WestviewPress, 1995.
- viii, 319 p. : ports. ; 23 cm.
- Critical studies in communication and in the cultural industries .
Contains interviews with Dallas W. Smythe, George Gerbner, Herbert I. Schiller, James D. Halloran, and Kaarle Nordenstreng, bibliographies of their works, as well as discussions of their importance and comments on critical communication in general by ten other specialists.
"Bibliographies of featured scholars": (p. 269-304). Includes bibliographical references and index.
Interview with Dallas W. Smythe / John A. Lent -- Against the flow: the peculiar opportunity of social scientists / Robin Mansell -- "Critical" communication reseach: new directions / Manjunath Pendakur. Interview with George Gerbner / John A. Lent -- The critical contribution of George Gerbner / Michael Morgan -- Trying to mix oil with water: fund rising, vocationalism, and critical communication / Janet Wasko. Interview with Herbert I. Schiller / John A. Lent -- Herbert Schiller: clarion voice against cultural hegemony / Lai-si Tsui -- Continuity and change in critical communication: a generational analysis / Vincent Mosco. Interview with James D. Haloran / John A. Lent -- James D. Halloran: a multi-perspective presentation / Tamas Szecsko -- Who is (not) "Critical" now? On engendering "Critical Scholarship" in internation communication / Annabelle Sreberny-Mohammadi. Interview with Kaarle Nordenstreng / John A. Lent -- Justice, equality, and professional ethics in journalism: Kaarle Nordenstreng's actions and reflections / Wolfgang Kleinwachter -- Political versus cultural in critical broadcasting research and policy: a reevaluation of the finnish radical experiment in broadcasting in the late 1960s / Taisto Hujanen.