Discusses the critical sociology of communication of the Frankfurt School suggesting that theorists such as Lowenthal, Adorno, and Habermas have outlined both the political economics of manipulation and the social psychological interaction between the audience and the media. (MH)

This article is an attempt to advance the effort to reconceptualize communication. (Author)

Explores gender politics in information technology theory and research. Maintains that an absence of critical consciousness about gender reproduces old patterns of power and privilege in the social distribution of knowledge. Identifies ways in which displays of the perspectivity of knowledge can secure new models of systematic,…

Uses contrasting models of communication to illuminate historical tensions between the policy goals of liberalization and democratization. Asserts that the present public-policy conception of telecommunications is more closely aligned with the transmission model than with a community-cultural-ritual model. (CR)

Looks at five major types of research into organizational communication and compares them in terms of their suitability and effectiveness. (MH)

Article concerns the criticism of an earlier article in this journal written by Professor Donald K. Darnell which focused on the direction the study of communication is taking. (RK)

Explores the work of Innis, McLuhan, Dewey, Carey, Williams, and Habermas through their images of the cultural crisis and how they conceive of communication. (JMF)

Examines the contributions of Jacques Ellul to the area of communication research through his principle of "la technique," which offers a primary focus for theoretical considerations of modern communications media and their role in human society. (JMF)