William Stephenson
William Stephenson is a social scientist and media theorist whose book, The Play Theory of Mass Communication, is considered a notable contribution to communications studies. This work, which follows in the tradition of J. Huizinga's Homo Ludens and that of the Hungarian psychiatrist T.S. Szasz, focuses upon the pleasurable aspects of communications rather than its information aspects.
William Stephenson is a social scientist and media theorist whose book, The Play Theory of Mass Communication, is considered a notable contribution to communications studies. This work, which follows in the tradition of J. Huizinga's Homo Ludens and that of the Hungarian psychiatrist T.S. Szasz, focuses upon the pleasurable aspects of communications rather than its information aspects. See less
