Primal Scenes of Communication: Communication, Consumerism, and Social Movements

Book Description
Proposes a new theory of communication called "comparative media theory." Primal Scenes of Communication argues that the materiality of communication media constitute social relations and that social relations should be understood as "technology-identity complexes." This theory is employed to characterize consumer society, and the social movements that criticize consumer society, as a unique epoch of communication.


About the Author
Ian Angus is Associate Professor of Humanities and Sociology at Simon Fraser University. He is the author of many books, including most recently A Border Within: National Identity, Cultural Plurality and Wilderness.


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Angus (humanities and sociology, Simon Fraser U.) argues that the materiality of communication media constitutes social relations, and that social relations should be understood as technology-identity complexes. He then uses that theory to characterize consumer society, as well as the social movements criticizing that society, as a unique epoch of communication. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


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