Book excerpt: With a lively and engaging style, Myths for the Massesprovides a critical, interdisciplinary, and historically informedstatement about communication in contemporary life. Written by Hanno Hardt, one of the world’s leadingauthorities on the subject. Offers a comprehensive appraisal of mass communication. Provides a critical perspective on media and communication insociety. Contains critical insights into the state of masscommunication, democracy, and the construction of the self insociety.