Philip Dalton, Eric Mark Kramer

Coarseness in U.S. Public Communication

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Proceeding from the assumption that all manner of public communication in the United States is becoming increasingly coarse, this book argues that shared cultural notions of decency are being eroded by market logic-a decision making calculus based solely upon the aggregate preferences of self-interested individuals.

Produktdetails

• The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Communication Studies
• Verlag: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 383g
• ISBN-13: 9781611476941
• ISBN-10: 1611476941
• Artikelnr.: 40201222

Autorenporträt

Philip Dalton is assistant professor and chair of speech communication, rhetoric and performance studies at Hofstra University. He teaches courses in political communication, argumentation and debate, qualitative research methods and intercultural communication.   Eric Mark Kramer is professor of communication at the University of Oklahoma.  He is also affiliate faculty in the College of International Studies.  

Inhaltsangabe

Contents Introduction: Atlas Slouched Chapter 1:  Noise, Fragmentation, and
Absurdity in U.S. Public Communication Chapter 2:  Coarseness in the Public
Sphere Chapter 3:  Coarseness in U.S. Politics Chapter 4:  Coarseness and
Reason Chapter 5:  Art and Cultivated Vulgarity Chapter 6:
 Post-Denominational Christianity and Coarseness Chapter 7:  Entertainment
and the Entertainment Market-as-Democracy Meme Conclusion:  Our Age of
Cynicism About the Authors Index