The Production of Modernization : Daniel Lerner, Mass Media, and the Passing of Traditional Society.

By: Shah, HemantMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2011Copyright date: ©2011Description: 1 online resource (227 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781439906262Subject(s): Lerner, DanielGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Production of Modernization : Daniel Lerner, Mass Media, and the Passing of Traditional SocietyDDC classification: 303.48/33 LOC classification: HM621Online resources: Click to View
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: The Rise of Modernization Theory -- 2. Lerner at the Psychological Warfare Division: Propaganda and the Effectiveness of Mass Media -- 3. Lerner at Stanford: Tools of the Social Science Trade -- 4. Lerner at Columbia: The Voice of America's Turkey Studies -- 5. Lerner at MIT: The Key Elements of Passing of Traditional Society -- 6. After Passing of Traditional Society: The Persistence and Meaning of "Lerner" -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: Daniel Lerner's 1958 book The Passing of Traditional Society was central in shaping Cold War-era ideas about the use of mass media and culture to promote social and economic progress in postcolonial nations. Based on a study of the effectiveness of propaganda in the Middle East, Lerner's book claimed that exposure to American media messages could motivate "traditional" people in the postcolonial nations to become "modern" by cultivating empathy for American ideas, goods, and ways of life. The Production of Modernization examines Lerner's writings to construct the intellectual trajectory of his thinking about mass media and modernization up to and beyond the publication of his famous book. Shah has written not just an intellectual biography of Lerner but also a history of the discipline he shaped.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: The Rise of Modernization Theory -- 2. Lerner at the Psychological Warfare Division: Propaganda and the Effectiveness of Mass Media -- 3. Lerner at Stanford: Tools of the Social Science Trade -- 4. Lerner at Columbia: The Voice of America's Turkey Studies -- 5. Lerner at MIT: The Key Elements of Passing of Traditional Society -- 6. After Passing of Traditional Society: The Persistence and Meaning of "Lerner" -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Daniel Lerner's 1958 book The Passing of Traditional Society was central in shaping Cold War-era ideas about the use of mass media and culture to promote social and economic progress in postcolonial nations. Based on a study of the effectiveness of propaganda in the Middle East, Lerner's book claimed that exposure to American media messages could motivate "traditional" people in the postcolonial nations to become "modern" by cultivating empathy for American ideas, goods, and ways of life. The Production of Modernization examines Lerner's writings to construct the intellectual trajectory of his thinking about mass media and modernization up to and beyond the publication of his famous book. Shah has written not just an intellectual biography of Lerner but also a history of the discipline he shaped.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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