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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... song from the songs of our civilization and from our static . A team of Canadian scientists recently finished a study of several lakes in a remote part of northern Ontario , an area where the temperature had increased 3.5 degrees in the ...
... song from the songs of our civilization and from our static . A team of Canadian scientists recently finished a study of several lakes in a remote part of northern Ontario , an area where the temperature had increased 3.5 degrees in the ...
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... song for Hunt's or Heinz ketchup , and to recognize the Marlboro theme song , which hasn't been played for two decades , since Congress outlawed televised cigarette commercials . Even when the question's not about TV , we assume it must ...
... song for Hunt's or Heinz ketchup , and to recognize the Marlboro theme song , which hasn't been played for two decades , since Congress outlawed televised cigarette commercials . Even when the question's not about TV , we assume it must ...
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... song as the tune - you're told what the music's about . Oprah's guests this afternoon were all songwriters , and at one point she turned to them and said , " How do you know what to write a song about ? ” Then she answered her own ...
... song as the tune - you're told what the music's about . Oprah's guests this afternoon were all songwriters , and at one point she turned to them and said , " How do you know what to write a song about ? ” Then she answered her own ...
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References to this book
The Political Economy of Communication: Rethinking and Renewal Vincent Mosco No preview available - 1996 |