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. |
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... channels - the shopping networks , the channels that devote half their day to the " infomercials ” —you are more and more encouraged to buy simply because the very act of buying will make you feel good . It's quite early in the morning ...
... channels - the shopping networks , the channels that devote half their day to the " infomercials ” —you are more and more encouraged to buy simply because the very act of buying will make you feel good . It's quite early in the morning ...
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Bill McKibben. channels , though it grows balder . ( " Are you bugged by something ? Well , it just might be that your finger needs a diamond ring , " said one shopping channel host . A few hours later , another saleslady described this ...
Bill McKibben. channels , though it grows balder . ( " Are you bugged by something ? Well , it just might be that your finger needs a diamond ring , " said one shopping channel host . A few hours later , another saleslady described this ...
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... shopping channels . They're a test of resistance , a siren song that eventually lures all who aren't lashed to their recliners . Watch them long enough and eventually you give in , go into a frenzy like the win- ners on Supermarket ...
... shopping channels . They're a test of resistance , a siren song that eventually lures all who aren't lashed to their recliners . Watch them long enough and eventually you give in , go into a frenzy like the win- ners on Supermarket ...
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References to this book
The Political Economy of Communication: Rethinking and Renewal Vincent Mosco No preview available - 1996 |