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The social and the symbolic /
This book argues that communication? an exchange of symbols? is the essence of society and that this exchange is the foundation on which the human collective is based. It explores how the collective sense of the self is defined either with reference to, or in defiance of, dominant existing tradition...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. :
SAGE Publications,
2007.
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| Colección: | Communication processes ;
v. 2. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book argues that communication? an exchange of symbols? is the essence of society and that this exchange is the foundation on which the human collective is based. It explores how the collective sense of the self is defined either with reference to, or in defiance of, dominant existing traditions. The various essays highlight the links between culture studies and the use of communication in binding together a community as also to provide a voice to the unheard and the unsung. Beginning by describing the pertinence of communication to grasping the overall substance of social reality, the. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (481 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9788132101178 8132101170 |