The Reality of the Mass Media - (Cultural Memory in the Present) by Niklas Luhmann (Paperback)

The Reality of Mass Media by Niklas Luhmann is a groundbreaking book that provides a comprehensive analysis of the role of mass media in constructing social reality.

Luhmann's theory of social systems is applied to an examination of mass media, revealing how it operates as a set of recursive, self-referential programs of communication.

The author argues that mass media is not determined by external values or specific social interests but rather regulated by internal code information/noninformation, which enables the system to select and communicate information according to its own reflexive criteria.

This book provides a theory of communication that sees it as a technical code through which systemic operations arrange and perpetuate themselves.

The Reality of Mass Media is an essential read for anyone interested in understanding the role of mass media in modern society and how it shapes our perception of reality.