Mass media theorists

British writer and journalist (1903–1950)

Avram Noam Chomsky is an American intellectual, philosopher, linguist, political activist, and social critic. Sometimes called "the father of modern linguistics", Chomsky is also a major figure in analytic philosophy and one of the founders of the field of cognitive science. He is a laureate professor of linguistics at the University of Arizona and an institute professor emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Among the most cited living authors, Chomsky has written more than 150 books on topics such as linguistics, war, and politics. In addition to his work in linguistics, since the 1960s, Chomsky has been an influential voice on the American Left as a consistent critic of the foreign policy of the United States, contemporary capitalism, and corporatocracy.

American author and screenwriter (1920–2012)

American author (1922–2007)

Martin Charles Scorsese is an American filmmaker. One of the major figures of the New Hollywood era, he is widely considered one of the greatest and most influential directors in the history of cinema. He has received many accolades, including an Academy Award, four BAFTA Awards, three Emmy Awards, a Grammy Award, and three Golden Globe Awards. He has been honored with the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1997, the Film Society of Lincoln Center tribute in 1998, the Kennedy Center Honor in 2007, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2010, and the BAFTA Fellowship in 2012. Five of his films have been inducted into the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant".

British playwright (1930–2008)

American playwright and essayist (1915–2005)

Polish science fiction author, philosopher and futurologist, studied medical doctor (1921–2006)

Slovenian philosopher (born 1949)

French and Swiss film director (1930–2022)

Canadian educator, philosopher, and scholar (1911–1980)

French philosopher (1925–1995)

American writer (1925–2012)

American filmmaker (1925–2006)

American author and activist (1952–2021)

British novelist

British novelist (1930–2009)

French Marxist theorist, writer, filmmaker (1931–1994)

Austrian philosopher and theologian (1926–2002)

Spanish sociologist

German sociologist, administration expert, and social systems theorist (1927-1998)

American propaganda and marketing pioneer (1891-1995)

Australian journalist (1939–2023)

American journalist (1957-)

American writer and academic (1931-2003)

intellectual, journalist, official, professor

American video art pioneer (1932–2006)

German painter and sculptor (1932–1998)

American conceptual artist (born 1945)

German philosopher of South Korean origin

Turkish artist (born 1969)

American philosopher (1895–1985)

British author (1934–1995)

French philosopher (1932–2018)

American conceptual artist (born 1945)

Czech philosopher and photographer

Canadian professor of political economy (1894–1952)

Spanish writer

American philosopher and historian (1912–2003)

American social scientist and psychologist

French philosopher, writer and sociologist

British classical philologist (1903–1988)

French philosopher

British anthropologist (1919-2015)

British documentary filmmaker (born 1955)

literary scholar and media theorist (1943–2011)

German art historian and media theoretician (born 1965)

American writer and media theorist

American art historian

American academic (born 1960)

French art historian and critic (1930–2003)

American historian (1923–2016)

Israeli artist, painter, photographer, theorist and psychoanalyst (born 1948)

American and Israeli sociologist (1926–2021)

English composer and poet (1938-1998)

American philosopher

Estonian-Canadian film maker, author, magazine editor and activist (born 1942)

American writer and professor of communications and media studies

American musician (born 1940)

American artist (born 1951)