‘Communication’ and ‘Critical’

The great communications scholar James Hay has assumed editorship of the journal Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies this year, and I am very grateful to have been invited to contribute a short piece on the core concepts around which the journal is organized. My contributions (provided here gratis, libre, and DRM-free) are about the terms “communication” and “critical”:
“Communication,” “Critical.”

Abstract
Despite the proliferation of critical studies of communication, the meanings of the words “communication” and “critical” remain deeply contested. Attending to the history of the use of these terms inside and outside of the academy offers a broader perspective on some of the most pressing issues confronting scholars of communication today.

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Immanuel Kant (Photo Credit: Wikipedia)

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Harold Innis (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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