The Effects of Elihu Katz: A Stepwise Enrichment of the Concept of Communication Effects
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The Effects of Elihu Katz : A Stepwise Enrichment of the Concept of Communication Effects. / Jensen, Klaus Bruhn; Neuman, W. Russell.
I: International Journal of Communication, Bind 18, 2024, s. 2497-2518.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - The Effects of Elihu Katz
T2 - A Stepwise Enrichment of the Concept of Communication Effects
AU - Jensen, Klaus Bruhn
AU - Neuman, W. Russell
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - The field of communication research has remained preoccupied with the effects of media, relying all too often on an impoverished notion of “effects.” Departing from Katz and Lazarsfeld’s original differentiation of communication effects as a two-step flow, this article retraces the gradual enrichment of the concept of effects through 6 cumulative traditions of research, illustrating each tradition through reference to Elihu Katz’s sustained and nonsectarian contributions. We detect the implication, across the traditions, that the field should ask about the effects of communication, rather than of media. Having outlined the continuing relevance of the 6 traditions for research on digital communication environments, we go on to identify both a 3rd and a 4th step of communication, which may further enrich research by including within the conceptualization of effects historically variable technological and institutional structures of communication.
AB - The field of communication research has remained preoccupied with the effects of media, relying all too often on an impoverished notion of “effects.” Departing from Katz and Lazarsfeld’s original differentiation of communication effects as a two-step flow, this article retraces the gradual enrichment of the concept of effects through 6 cumulative traditions of research, illustrating each tradition through reference to Elihu Katz’s sustained and nonsectarian contributions. We detect the implication, across the traditions, that the field should ask about the effects of communication, rather than of media. Having outlined the continuing relevance of the 6 traditions for research on digital communication environments, we go on to identify both a 3rd and a 4th step of communication, which may further enrich research by including within the conceptualization of effects historically variable technological and institutional structures of communication.
M3 - Journal article
VL - 18
SP - 2497
EP - 2518
JO - International Journal of Communication
JF - International Journal of Communication
SN - 1932-8036
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