The Age of Missing InformationImagine watching an entire day's worth of television on every single channel. Acclaimed environmental writer and culture critic Bill McKibben subjected himself to this sensory overload in an experiment to verify whether we are truly better informed than previous generations. Bombarded with newscasts and fluff pieces, game shows and talk shows, ads and infomercials, televangelist pleas and Brady Bunch episodes, McKibben processed twenty-four hours of programming on all ninety-three Fairfax, Virginia, cable stations. Then, as a counterpoint, he spent a day atop a quiet and remote mountain in the Adirondacks, exploring the unmediated man and making small yet vital discoveries about himself and the world around him. |
Contents
Section 1 | 8 |
Section 2 | 37 |
Section 3 | 54 |
Section 4 | 68 |
Section 5 | 86 |
Section 6 | 100 |
Section 7 | 121 |
Section 8 | 131 |
Section 11 | 150 |
Section 12 | 168 |
Section 13 | 188 |
Section 14 | 194 |
Section 15 | 202 |
Section 16 | 221 |
Section 17 | 224 |
Section 18 | 233 |
Section 9 | 137 |
Section 10 | 140 |
Section 19 | 250 |
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References to this book
The Political Economy of Communication: Rethinking and Renewal Vincent Mosco No preview available - 1996 |