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Structuralism and the Concern with Communication
Structuralism and the Concern with Communication

Author(s): Scott Timcke
Subject(s): Communication studies
Published by: Editura Universităţii din Bucureşti
Keywords: structuralism;Barthes;Althusser;ideology

Summary/Abstract: This paper evaluates the structuralist movement’s early (1945-1966) approaches to media and ideology. It discusses the intellectual development and some of the first applications of methods in the works of Louis Althusser and Roland Barthes as they ask whether it is possible for persons to escape ideology.

  • Issue Year: 1/2016
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 155-163
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: English