TY - JOUR
T1 - Involution and vacuum
T2 - Comments on mainstream U.S. media studies
AU - Lee, Chin-Chuan
PY - 2016/11/1
Y1 - 2016/11/1
N2 - Mainstream U.S. media studies has been marked by an involuntary process toward greater self-absorption and internal development, hence privileging methodologically elaborate study of neatly delineated problems over conceptual or theoretical innovation. Communication research is increasingly divorced from the larger contexts of the humanities and social sciences. It may also risk being criticized for operating in historical and global vacuum. The solution is to return to what C. Wright Mills describes as the classic tradition of ‘intellectual craftsmanship’ that encourages the production of sociological imagination.
AB - Mainstream U.S. media studies has been marked by an involuntary process toward greater self-absorption and internal development, hence privileging methodologically elaborate study of neatly delineated problems over conceptual or theoretical innovation. Communication research is increasingly divorced from the larger contexts of the humanities and social sciences. It may also risk being criticized for operating in historical and global vacuum. The solution is to return to what C. Wright Mills describes as the classic tradition of ‘intellectual craftsmanship’ that encourages the production of sociological imagination.
KW - Academic involution
KW - intellectual craftsmanship
KW - international communication
KW - sociological imagination
KW - U.S. media studies
KW - Wilbur Schramm
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U2 - 10.1177/1748048516655719
DO - 10.1177/1748048516655719
M3 - RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal
SN - 1748-0485
VL - 78
SP - 657
EP - 662
JO - International Communication Gazette
JF - International Communication Gazette
IS - 7
ER -