Hanno Hardt 
Myths for the Masses 
An Essay on Mass Communication

With a lively and engaging style, Myths for the Masses
provides a critical, interdisciplinary, and historically informed
statement about communication in contemporary life.

* * Written by Hanno Hardt, one of the world’s leading
authorities on the subject.

* Offers a comprehensive appraisal of mass communication.

* Provides a critical perspective on media and communication in
society.

* Contains critical insights into the state of mass
communication, democracy, and the construction of the self in
society.

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Preface.

1. Mass Communication and the Promise of Democracy.

2. Mass Communication and the Meaning of Self in Society.

Bibliography.

Subject Index.

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Hanno Hardt is Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, and Professor Emeritus at the University of Iowa. He is the author of many scholarly journal articles and of books such as Social Theories of the Press: Early German and American Perspectives (1979, second edition 2001), Critical Communication Studies: Communication, History & Theory in America, (1992), and Interactions: Critical Studies in Communication, Media, and Journalism (l998).