Public Scholarship in Communication Studies Jennifer Post showing how popular culture has

showing how popular culture has developed over the past two centuries in the West

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Public Scholarship in Communication Studies Jennifer Post showing how popular culture hasPrometheus brought the gift of enlightenment to humanity and suffered for his benevolence. This collection takes on scholars' Promethean view of themselves as selfless bringers of light and instead offers a new vision of public scholarship as service to society. Thomas J Billard and Silvio Waisbord curate essays from a wide range of specialties within the study of communication. Aimed at scholars and students alike, the contributors use approaches