Jurnal Komunikasi Indonesia
Vol. 1, No. 2

Robert W. McChesney, Ilmu Komunikasi, dan Tradisi Kritis

Haryanto, Ignatius (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Oct 2012

Abstract

Artikel ini hendak memperkenalkan seorang tokoh ilmuwan komunikasi kritis abad XX dan XXI sekaligus juga seorang aktivis, yaitu Robert W. McChesney. Chesney adalah penulis produktif yang banyak menyoroti sekaligus mengritik industri media di Amerika yang mendominasi di dalam dan luar negeri. Chesney meneruskan tradisi ilmuwan komunikasi yang telah dirintis sebelumnya oleh Herbert Schiller dan Dallas Smythe ataupun Noam Chomsky, yang utamanya mengritik struktur kepemilikan industri media, lalu juga mengritik orientasi isi media yang terlalu komersial dan sensasional. Tulisan ini barulah melakukan suatu pemetaan awal pemikiran Chesney dan akar-akar pemikiran yang mempengaruhi Chesney, salah satunya adalah Karl Marx. This article tries to introduce a 20th and 21st century critical communication scholar who is also an activist, Robert W. McChesney. Chesney is a productive writer who often highlights and criticizes the US media industry that dominates domestically and globally. Chesney continues the traditions of previous communication scholars such as Herbert Schiller, Dallas Smythe, or Noam Chomsky, particularly in criticizing the ownership of media industries and the orientation of media content that has been much too commercialized and sensationalized. This article thus maps out Chesney’s early works and the theoretical roots that influences Chesney's arguments, among others Karl Marx.

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publication:jkmi

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Humanities Computer Science & IT Environmental Science Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences

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The aim of the Jurnal Komunikasi Indonesia is to promote and enhance advanced academic discussions, including research development and debates in the field of media and communication. It also serves as a interdisciplinary forum for researchers and industry players who use research as the frame for ...