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The End of Conversation: The Impact of Mass Media on Modern Society

The End of Conversation: The Impact of Mass Media on Modern Society

Ferrarotti, Franco
Chekki, Dan A.

Hardcover

Series: Controversies in Science, Book 71

Business GeneralGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 0313260877
ISBN13: 9780313260872
Publisher: Praeger
Published: May 6 1988
Pages: 199
Weight: 0.83
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Franco Ferrarotti here offers a provocative look at the future of a world dominated by mass media--particularly television. He argues eloquently that the art of story-telling, the traditions of oral history, the simple pleasures of individual conversation are being lost, precisely because they embody qualities antithetical to the technological imperatives of mass society--qualities such as time to develop a thought, a thirst for details, patience, and a delight in the unexpected. He asserts that the mental habits prevailing in an age that places undue value on instantaneous images are incompatible with extended face-to-face dialogue.

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