Love and Communication
$28.80
- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
25 June 2021
Summary
Love and Communication is an intriguing philosophical and religious inquiry into the meaning of “talk” – and ultimately the meaning of “being human.”
Taking an historical approach, Paddy Scannell argues that the fundamental media of communication are (and always have been) talk and writing. Far from being made redundant by twentieth-century new media (radio and television), these old media laid the foundation for today’s technologies (AI and algorithms, for instance). Emphasi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781509547531 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1509547533 |
| Author: | Paddy Scannell |
| Publisher: | Polity Press |
| Imprint: | Polity Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 25 June 2021 |
| Weight: | 204g |
| Dimensions: | 13mm x 137mm x 216mm |
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Critics Review
“Love and Communication marks yet another chapter in Paddy Scannell’s searching and brilliant investigations of media, communication, and everyday life. Working through ideas about language and talk, Scannell provides a fascinating account of what restores our trust in the goodness of daily, everyday life: faith, hope, and love. For a new generation of media scholars grappling with a digital world on edge, this book is an indispensable guide.”
Aswin Punathambekar, University of Virginia
“This rare and special book is the synthesis of a career considering the most fundamental issues of communication. It brings together talk and communication, language and writing, radio and television, along with three worlds: God’s world of yesterday, the human world of today, and the machine world of tomorrow.”
John Durham Peters, Yale University
“Paddy Scannell’s new thought-provoking book is a sort of intellectual and scholarly testament…this profound study is a great deal more than merely a summary of a prominent communications scholar’s research and reflections. He also feels forced to explore hitherto largely ignored territory.”
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Paddy Scannell
Paddy Scannell is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Michigan.
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