Reinventing Walter Lippmann: Communication and Cultural Studies

In this essay I consider the unlikely proximity of Walter Lippmann and American cultural studies. I advance two arguments. First, I argue that the 1980s invention of Walter Lippmann as an anti-democrat played an important, constitutive role in the formulation and propagation of a communication-centr...

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Published inThe review of communication Vol. 13; no. 2; pp. 108 - 126
Main Author Tell, Dave
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Taylor & Francis Group 01.04.2013
Subjects
Communication
Cultural Studies
Democracy
Walter Lippmann
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Summary:In this essay I consider the unlikely proximity of Walter Lippmann and American cultural studies. I advance two arguments. First, I argue that the 1980s invention of Walter Lippmann as an anti-democrat played an important, constitutive role in the formulation and propagation of a communication-centric version of cultural studies. Second, I argue that the recent reinvention of Lippmann holds the potential to reanimate Carey's articulation of communication and cultural studies. For, as I demonstrate, Lippmann helps us rethink the articulation of expertise, democracy, and communication.
ISSN:1535-8593
1535-8593
DOI:10.1080/15358593.2013.789120