Jeffrey Scheuer

The Sound Bite Society

How Television Helps the Right and Hurts the Left

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Produktbeschreibung

It was once said that "all politics is local." But today, all politics is televisual. Candidates spend millions on TV ads. Most people get their news from TV's sound bites. Television doesn't just affect politics--it is politics. But how does that mega-medium shape our political ideas and values? In THE SOUND BITE SOCIETY, Jeffrey Scheuer argues that the rise of television is directly linked to the decline of the American left and the ascent of the "Electronic Right." Political argument has been simplified to quick, telegraphic TV sound bites which, he argues, inherently favor the right wing. Television's visual and rhetorical conventions are biased toward simplicity, Scheuer argues, making it the perfect vehicle for conservative messages advocating a simpler society and smaller government. Web site: www.thesoundbitesociety.com

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First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. November 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 207mm x 135mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 268g
• ISBN-13: 9780415936620
• ISBN-10: 0415936624
• Artikelnr.: 21374542

Autorenporträt

Jeffrey Scheuer writes about politics and media. His criticism and commentary has appeared in The New YorkTimes, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, The Los AngelesTimes and Dissent. He lives in New York City.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Politics of Electronic Information Chapter 1: The Ascent
of the Electronic Right Chapter 2: Shouting Heads: The Language of
Television Chapter 3: Video Games: Television and Reality Chapter 4:
Complexity and Ideology Chapter 5: Critical Vision: Television and the
Attentive Society Notes Selected Bibliography