Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, October 1st, 2001
Communication and Community. Gregory J. Shepherd and Eric W. Rothenbuhler, eds. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Publishers, 2001. 289 pp. $59.95 hbk. $32.50 pbk.
Though its editors note that current public debates on the state of the American community inspired this volume, its theoretical essays assume too much prior knowledge, and its case studies are too narrowly focused, to make it useful as a general introduction or textbook. Instead, researchers will find it of greatest value. They may not agree with particular details, or even with the volume's larger message. But they will app...
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