Luhmann, Niklas, 1927-1998.

The reality of the mass media / Niklas Luhmann ; translated by Kathleen Cross. - Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2000. - 154 p. ; 24 cm. - Cultural memory in the present . - Cultural memory in the present. .

"First published in German as Die Realität der Massenmedien, Westdeutscher Verlag, 1996 (second, enlarged edition)"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [123]-149) and index.

0804740771 (pbk.) 9780804740777 (pbk.)


Mass media--Social aspects.
Mass media--Audiences.
Communication--Social aspects.

302.23 / LUH