The Construction of Reality and the Reality on Construction. Mass media in Niklas Luhman Sociology
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Luhman Niklas (1927-1998), review, interpretationAbstract
This article seeks to present a concise overview of the sociology of the mass media elaborated by Niklas Luhmann. The great german sociologist wanted to carry out an analysis token roo! in his general theory of the modern society, in arder to overcome the preponderantly descriptive leve/ of the socia/ research into the media. The main thesis of Luhmann is that the media constructs the reality with which can operate such a complex system as if is our society. When making this they assume the important function of absorbing the {social) uncertainty about what and how the world is. In consequence it was a/so fundamental mission of this sociology to figure out the (social) reality of that construction.
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