Understanding Society, Culture, and Television


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Minow's description of network television as "a vast wasteland" still is widely quoted. There is a lot of moaning about what's on TV.

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Complaints have been steady throughout television's half century of existence. From time to time their character and tone changes but the core idea remains unaltered. We are told that we are watching the wrong programs and too many of them.

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Sill others consider lying about private matters an understandable peccadillo and not an indication of any real moral flaw. As a Democratic party pollster, Geoff Garin, notes: People pay attention and are willing to hold their judgment. And even when voters find evidence sufficient for them to doubt the quality of a man's character or his ability to spell correctly, they apparently still may be willing to vote for him. The abundant evidence that supports such a concept appears to be incontrovertible.

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Since World War II the evolution in transportation has been extensive. If you have the money to do so, today you can fly from Paris to New York on the Concorde and arrive at a time earlier than when you departed.

The revolution in communications is just as startling. By e-mail I can get a message to a friend in Berlin as fast and reliably as I can get a message to a colleague down the hall in the same building on the university campus where I teach. On the eve of the 21st century, the claimed distinctions between high art and popular culture have become a final, hopeless repository of pedantry.

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Television can be understood only by viewing it as an art form, and measuring its role in society and culture in concert with the first principles of human reason and liberty. Combining the lucidity of a Neil Postman and the scholarly instincts of a Herbert Gans, Monaco has written a book destined to become a classic in the field. Russell Neuman, Professor Annenberg School of Communication, University of Pennsylvania "Paul Monaco has more faith in individual intelligence than in the seductive power of television.

He considers television an efficient form of popular entertainment, and lauds its increasing diversity in the late s. Monaco rejects imitation and cultivation theories of TV influence, and strongly opposes recent government initiatives in media regulation e. His book is stimulating and fun.

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It should interest a very broad audience. He is the author of several books on the cinematic arts and the history of culture, as well as being a filmmaker and video producer. Would you like to tell us about a lower price? If you are a seller for this product, would you like to suggest updates through seller support?

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