19 the new revisionism in mass communication research a reappraisal222.docx
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TheNewRevisionisminMassCommunicationResearch:
AReappraisal
JamesCurranJamesCurranisProfessorofCommunicationsatGoldsmiths’College,UniversityofLondon,NewCross,LondonSEI46NW
EuropeanJournalofCommunication(SAGE,London,NewburyParkandNewDelhi),Vol.5(1990),135-164
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Themajordevelopmentsofmasscommunicationresearch,particularlyinBritain,duringthelastfifteenyearsarereviewedcritically.Anewrevisionistmovementhasemergedthatchallengesthedominantradicalparadigmsofthelate1970sandearly1980s.Thishastakentheformofcontestingtheunderlyingmodelsofsociety,thecharacterizationofmediaorganizations,therepresentationsofmediacontent,theconceptionoftheaudienceandtheaestheticjudgementsthatunderpinnedmuch‘critical'research.Theauthorarguesthatthisrevisionismisinpartareversiontocertaindiscreditedconventionalwisdomsofthepast,arevivalismmasqueradingasnewandinnovatorythought.However,partofthenewcritiquecanbeseenasareformulationthatcouldpotentiallystrengthentheradicaltraditionofcommunicationsresearch.
Anewrevisionistmovementhasemergedinmediaandculturalstudies.Cominginitiallyoutoftheradicaltradition,ithasdevotedmuchofitscreativeenergytoattackingthepremisesandassumptionsofthattradition.Indeed,initsfullyfledgedform,thenewrevisionismrejectsthemodelsofsociety,thewaysofconceptualizingtheroleofthemedia,theexplanatoryframeworksandproblematicsoftheprincipalradicalparadigmsinmasscommunicationresearch.
Thisnewrevisionismoftenpresentsitselfasoriginalandinnovative,asanemancipatorymovementthatisthrowingofftheshacklesoftradition.Itisnoneofthesethings.Partofthenewthinkingisrevivalistratherthanrevisionist,areversiontopreviousreceivedwisdomsratherthanareconnaisanceofthenew.Anotherstrandcanbeseenasacontinuationofthe‘radical’traditionbutinaqualifiedformthatincorporatespluralistandotherinsights.
Duringthesameperiod,theliberalpluralisttraditionofcommunicationsresearchhasalsoadaptedandchanged.Someresearcherswithinthistraditionhavemodifiedtheirapproachin
responsetoattacksfromradicalcritics:
ineffect,theyhavemovedagainsttheflowoftrafficcomingtheotherway.
Inshort,wearelivingthroughagenuine‘fermentinthefield’,inwhichnumerousresearchershavesubstantiallyrevisedtheirviews.Inanattempttomakesenseofthecurrentsituation,Ihavetriedtoprovideaselective‘reading’oftrendsinthefieldduringthelastfifteenyears,concentratingmainlyonresearchintheUKbutwithanoccasionalsidewaysglanceatstudiesincontinentalEurope,ScandinaviaandtheUnitedStates.Theterm‘reading’—emblematicofthenewrevisionism—isperhapstoodignifiedatermforwhatfollows.Noteswouldbeamoreaccuratedescription.1
PolarizationBetweenPluralistandRadicalResearch
TraditionsC1975
Tworeaders,MassCommunicationandSocietyandCulture,SocietyandtheMedia,publishedrespectivelyin1977and1982butbothmostlywrittenin1976,provideausefulstartingpoint,sincetheycrystallizeaparticularmomentinthehistoricaldevelopmentofcommunicationsresearch(Curranetal.,1977;Gurevitchetal.,1982).TheywereconstructedaroundtheantinomybetweenpluralistandMarxistperspectivesonthemedia,whichwerecharacterizedinideal-typicalterms:
Thepluralistsseesocietyasacomplexofcompetinggroupsandinterests,noneofthempredominantallofthetime.Mediaorganizationsareseenasboundedorganizationalsystems,enjoyinganimportantdegreeofautonomyfromthestate,politicalpartiesandinstitutionalizedpressuregroups.Controlofthemediaissaidtobeinthehandsofanautonomousmanagerialelitewhoallowaconsiderabledegreeofflexibilitytomediaprofessionals.Abasicsymmetryisseentoexistbetweenmediainstitutionsandtheiraudiences,sinceinMcQuail’swords,the‘relationshipisgenerallyenteredintovoluntarilyandonapparentlyequalterms’(MeQuail,1977).AudiencesareseenascapableofmanipulatingthemediainaninfinitevarietyofwaysaccordingtotheirpriorneedsanddispositionsandashavingaccesstowhatHalloran(1977)calls‘thepluralvaluesofsociety’enablingthemto‘conform,accommodateorreject’.
Marxistsviewcapitalistsocietyasbeingoneofclassdomination;themediaareseenaspartofanideologicalarenainwhichvariousclassviewsarefoughtout,althoughwithinthecontextofthedominanceofcertainclasses;ultimatecontrolisincreasinglyconcentratedinmonopolycapital;mediaprofessionals,whileenjoyingtheillusionofautonomy,aresocializedintoandinternalizethenormsofthedominantculture.Themedia,takenasawhole,relayinterpretive
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