Culture, the public sphere, and media sociology: A search for a classical founder in the work of Robert Park

American Sociologist

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 149-166

  Jacobs, Ronald N ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; History of sociology; Media; Public sphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949333714     PISSN: 00031232     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12108-009-9070-5     Document Type: Article

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