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Producer, pundit, and media critic Jeff Cohen offers a fast-paced romp through the three major cable news channels — Fox, CNN, and MSNBC — and delivers a serious message about their failure to cover the most urgent issues of the day. Propelled by amusing anecdotes featuring famous pundits and media personalities, Cable News Confidential highlights the foibles, hypocrisies, and absurdities Cohen witnessed at news organizations run by entertainment conglomerates.
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Cohen explains my frustrations well.......2007-04-24
A big thanks to Jeff Cohen for confirming that I'm not crazy. He "found inside cable news was a drunken exuberance for sex, crime and celebrity stories, matched by a grim timidity and fear of offending the powers-that-be -- especially if the powers-that-be are conservatives. The biggest fear is of doing anything that could get you, or your network, accused of being liberal." If you keep in mind, it's not news (never was), then it makes it easier to swallow. After reading Cohen's account, you realize that Walter Conkrite would never get hired today in the face of fools like Chris Matthews, Sean Hannity, and Biff O'Really.
Great book!.......2007-03-05
I really enjoyed reading this book, and highly recommend it to everyone...especially people who don't really understand what a joke this all is..and how it became to be such a complete farce and and absolute threat to Democracy and so many other things sane human beings 'round these parts cherish.
Interesting read.......2007-01-04
A good read. Although the book felt a little short - I guess I'm used to novels - Cohen does get through his points without a lot of extra, unneeded pages. Some good anecdotes and references, and kept the story going at a good pace. You probably won't read this cover to cover in one sitting, but it still works read over a period of time.
Review: Cable News Confidenial.......2006-11-11
An excellent insight into the inner workings of cable news. I had no prior understanding of the increadable bias that exists on cable TV news. I highly recomment this book!!!!
A must read!.......2006-11-10
For anyone who watches cable news, Jeff Cohen's book is essential reading. He reveals how much corporations that own news outlets shamelessly distort the news. I hold this up there with Howard Kurtz's 2000 book "The Fortune Tellers."
Cable news has harmed the world, and reading these books will show you one of many ways they do so.
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“Highly personal and original . . . McKibben goes beyond Marshall McLuhan’s theory that the medium is the message.”
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Imagine 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. As relevant now as it was when originally written in 1992–and with new material from the author on the impact of the Internet age–this witty and astute book is certain to change the way you look at television and perceive media as a whole.
“By turns humorous, wise, and troubling . . . a penetrating critique of technological society.”–Cleveland Plain Dealer
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pretentious diatribe.......2005-12-10
What kind of an experiment was this cable watching thing supposed to be? The guy goes on a hike and imagines he comes back full of some eternal "wisdom" and then sits down and watches TV for 1700 hours straight, and comes to the conclusion that the 1700 hours of TV watching were not particularly rewarding...! give me a break! well duh-of course watching tv for a month straight isnt rewarding!
Its amazing that people sit down and write big books making these sorts of obvious points. In the end mcKibben succeeds in shining a damning light on our culture - not through his "experiment" but by publishing the book. A culture, where people can pretend to be clever intellectuals by making the kind of social experiments and delvering the kind of half baked "insights" as McKibben does, is in serious, serious trouble.
Disturbing.......2005-12-09
This book is a meditation on the effects of television on society. After living in an area with no TV reception for a few years, McKibben embarked on massive project to try to understand what information television conveys and how this affects society. He had a very novel approach for this project: he identified Fairfax County, Virginia as having the greatest number of cable TV channels at the time (almost 100), so he recruited a Fairfax volunteer for each channel to record the entire day's broadcast on a video cassette recorder. The day chosen for the recording was May 3, 1990. On the day the tapes were being recorded, McKibben went hiking near his home in the Adirondacks, and kept a careful journal of all his observations up on the mountain. Then, for the next year, McKibben watched the TV tapes of May 3, for 8-10 hours a day, taking notes and analyzing what kinds of information they contained. In this book, he reports on the kinds of messages that were being spread through the broadcasts, and contrasts this to what he learned by observing the natural world on the mountain. The methodology may sound a little trite, but the project was very well executed, and McKibben leaves us with many disturbing points to ponder.
Some critics of TV say that TV is bad because watching all the violence on TV makes people, especially children, violent. Others point out that the gratuitous violence is lamentable, but worse is the fact that watching TV contributes to hyper-consumption. McKibben takes the criticisms of the media to a much higher level. In this extended essay, he points out how much TV plays a role in how we see the world, how we expect it to work, and how the essential mismatch between the TV version and reality leads to unhealthy expectations or apathy. He argues that TV has become a guiding force of unparalleled strength, but where is it guiding us to? As he points out "Why do we do the things we do? Because of the events of our childhood, and because of class and race and gender, and because of our political and economic system and because of `human nature'-but also because of what we've been told about the world, because of the information we've received....What you do day after day is what forms your mind." If you spend your days watching TV, you are relinquishing control of the forces that will guide you to the broadcasters, whose interest is purely commercial, not helping you or society to be better.
McKibben notes out how stories repeated during childhood contribute to one's system of ethics. In older societies, such tales were told by elders around the campfire, or read by parents to young children. But since the 1940's, the TV has taken over both the role of the campfire and the trusted elders. Instead of being brought up on moral or Biblical tales, today's children are raised on a fare of endless re-runs, from the Brady Bunch to Leave It to Beaver, to Gilligan's Island. Some of these shows contain moral lessons that we might deem acceptable, but they can lead children to develop unrealistic expectations of the world (McKibben reminds us that no one is ever shown working on the Brady Bunch, not even Alice the maid). The only show I watched with great regularity as a child was MASH, and as McKibben pointed out the moral lessons conveyed by the program, I realized that I had indeed incorporated exactly these elements into my value system, a fact which I find very disturbing. What other legacies did early TV watching with leave me?
Although the chapters of the book are arranged by the time of day during the 24 study period, each one also has a topical focus. For instance, McKibben points out how nature programs distort watchers' expectations of life in the natural world, leading us to believe that every moment will be filled with rare thrills. He discusses the focus on money collection rather than on spirituality in much of the religious programming, and points out the inherent distortion of TV news in giving equal time to both slow news days and big events. He also meditates on the loss of knowledge of the real world and practical skills, such as the ability to predict the weather by reading the sky or to grow and prepare one's own food. All in all, the book contains much to ponder or discuss.
Deconstructing TV and the Loss of the Natural World.......2002-07-26
If you became stranded in the wilderness could you build a fire without the aid of matches or a lighter? If your car breaks down can you fix it? Could you build a house or even a cabin? Do you have the necessary knowledge to grow a garden or recognize the difference between Nightshade and Snake Root? Fifty years ago the capacities required to carry out these tasks was common for many, but in today's age of technology many of the information required to carry out these tasks is considered by many to be nothing more than outmoded folk-knowledge, as trivia of a time long past.
However, the bits of knowledge that are required to carry out these ostensibly simple activities, McKibben argues, represent just a sampling of the vast storehouse of knowledge that humans, particularly those in industrial societies, have been losing since the advent of television and the dawning of what has become known as "the age of information."
In this enlightening book McKibben examines whether this "age of information" is indeed a manifest feature of modern society and calls into question whether or not that which is transmited to us through television is useful information at all. In an attempt to answer this difficult question he carries out a substantial experiment whereby he compares a full day of cable television programming-all 24 hours of all 93 channels-in Fairfax, Virginia, to 24 hours spent camping alone atop a mountain in the Adriondacks.
In so doing McKibben illustrates the considerable limitations of the media as a conduit for useful information, which is, paradoxically, a symptom and result of the very feature that makes it so appealing to so many: its seemingly endless variety. The consequences of such an overload of information that tv represents is its implicit resistance to continuity as it represents an endless stream of unconnected and disparate bits of information. This may be a good thing for advertisers and corporations that want you to buy their products or quickly forget the latest scandals, but it is decidedly dysfunctional to the acquisition of useful knowledge, which is precisely the point that Mckibben is trying to make against the conventional wisdom of most. The outcome of this type of hyper-structure has far reaching affects on our society and contributes significantly to the increasing loss of community that has been a feature of America since the late fifties and early sixties. As Mckibben ponts put, the result of this more mobile, individually patterned society has only been achieved at the cost of the corresponding human estrangement from nature and our place within the biospheric community, which as we have seen has serious consequences, not only for Americans, but, for all humanity.
The Age of Missing Information is an important book that calls for the attention of anyone concerned with the disintegrating state of the environment and corollary loss of community that has resulted from this alienation. For those who are concerned about these mounting problems McKibbens book will surely invoke a reevaluation of the image of television in our society and the type of viewer/consumer it openly seeks to create. But, most importantly this book brings attention to the often extreme sacrifices that are made and the high costs of this media addiction.
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A critique of the Anti-Intelligence machine.......2002-07-22
In this rather short book(250 pages)there is much to lament.
Bill Mckibben volunteered to undergo the torture of watching every program that filled the 90+ channels in a 24 hour period in Fairfax,Virginia in May of 1990.This required 90 volunteers (to tape their specific channel for 24 hours)to make his project a reality.
As he begins to go through the 90 odd tapes full of dreck it is not surprising that Mckibben finds a wasteland populated by infomercial hucksters,inane blather on talkshows,endless streams of commercials hawking an endless train of useless garbage.None of this is anywhere near as disturbing as the fact that there seems to be nowhere in the world of television where intelligent debate,contextual information or even a concern with thoughtful dialogue about anything ever makes an appearance.It is apparent that tv itself is inherently useless except for the business of selling product and images.Jerry Mander,in his book_Four arguments for the elimination of television_ goes into much greater depth than does Mckibbon on this subject.
The best observation of the entire book may be that tv constantly recycles the images,stories and shows of the last 40-50 years.What is insidious about this is that a generation that has grown up on tv is likely to have a vastly more limited grasp of history.If the young are swamped by the history of a short 50 years as though the world hardly existed before 1950,hasn't then the education process become that much more difficult?The decline of education has become so precipitous in the last 4-5 decades that standards have had to be lowered time and time again so that a large chunk of students don't flunk.It is the same now with teachers,who have sicced the NEA on school districts across the country that try and administer proficiency tests to make sure students are being serviced by competent teachers.If public school students of today had to meet the criteria of 70-80 years ago it is very unlikely that most would be able to do it.What does it say that 3/4 of Harvard students now graduate with 'honors'or that you now automatically get points on the SAT test for merely signing your name?Mckibben hints that we've had to dumb down our educational standards precisely because tv has to some degree impaired the learning process of the young,specifically in the areas of attention span and grasping concepts that haven't been sufficiently Sesame Streetized(dumbed down).
For Mckibben,and I have to agree wholeheartedly with him,the greatest danger our nation,civilization and Democracy faces is the coming generations that have been marginally educated and have no concept of how our nation and Democracy was brought about and maintained.If the populace of the future is made up mostly of ignorant,ahistorical,consumer drones with no concept of how a civilization is made possible and what it takes in order to maintain the precious gains of civilization then aren't we looking into the abyss?If the curiosity,wonder and meaningful dialogue and understanding that makes the continuation of a viable society possible is buried under the shallow,banal,couch-potatoed,freeze-dried spectacle that is consumerist culture and the culture of ignorance that tv can't help but foster,then what are the chances that such a society and populace can survive and thrive?
Let it sink in..........2002-07-12
This book is definitely a must for the general population, but we all know they will jsut forget about after they watch 50 hours of TV a week and drive around in their expensive BMW. So I'll cut to the chase. This book is what is needed and it brings up numerous points about the general laziness of society and the bad influence it is. And a week after I finished this book, what the author was really trying to say hit me. Read this book if you value your sanity and want to truly have a glimpse into how bad the world is. It confirmed all of my thoughts on the problems of the world. Well worth the time to read it.
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Journalism and mass communications professionals entering the innovative world of new media technology face a wave of challenging and often unanticipated ethical quandaries. Digital Dilemmas: Ethical Issues for Online Media Professionals is the first title in Blackwell Publishing's Media and Technology series (Alan B. Albarran, series editor). This important new text establishes a framework for discussing, understanding, and ultimately making sound decisions on meeting these ethical challenges. In addition, the book provides guidelines for approaching and making decisions from an ethical standpoint.Part one of the text gives background and overview information to examine existing professional ethical codes and their applicability in the new media. Part two delves into the ethical dilemmas faced by all online communications professionals -privacy, speech and intellectual property. Part three warns the reader about three specific types of ethical hazards -speed vs. accuracy and quality; validating Internet sources; and blurring editorial with commercial information.Through the use of historical summaries, discussion of specific problems, case study illustrations, critical thinking exercises, chapter summaries, key points, and recommended readings, each chapter comprehensively explores ethical issues. Aimed at students as well as practicing journalists and media professionals, Digital Dilemmas serves as the essential text and user 's guide to the emerging ethical challenges facing those who work or plan to work in the online media.
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Mark B. N. Hansen's New Philosophy for New Media departs from much theorizing about the cognitive effects of new media to argue that the embodied experience--rather than a de-contextualized, disembodied flow of information--is the proper framework for understanding perception. His nuanced claims, infused with both cognitive theory and science, offer compelling insights into the human interaction with the digital image, but the book falls somewhat short of its title's dramatic promise.
Ultimately, Hansen's project it to update Henri Bergson's notion of the "affective body" for the 21st century. He claims that in the world of interactive new media "the 'image' has itself become a process, and, as such, has become irreducibly bound up with the activity of the body." The body acts as a filter to frame the digital image. In contrast, Hansen offers a sustained critique of Gilles Deleuze's "treatment of the movement image in which the cinematic image is purified of connection with the human body" (as described by Tim Lenoir). The book expands Hansen's vision across seven chapters that variously engage with new media art theory, virtual reality, the "digital facial image," and digital artwork. His most compelling illustration comes in the final chapter, where he demonstrates how artists Douglas Gordon and Bill Viola open "experience to the subperceptual inscription of temporal shifts (machine time)." Here, drawing on work of neuroscience, he shows that art actually engages the body and expands perception of the interstices between what human normally experience as "now."
While, like many contemporary works of theory, Hansen sometimes falls into opaque passages of academic, postmodern jargon, he tries to ground his theorizing in a concrete language that he lays out early on (with definitions of such terms as "embodiment" made explicit in relation the neuroscience). In the end, though, Hansen doesn't make entirely clear why this "new" philosophy of embodied experience is actually particular to new media. His supposition seems, rather, that new media art--interactive digital images--heighten the felt experience of perception, but this difference appears to be quantitative, rather than qualitative, relative to the experience of "old" media. In the end, then, Hansen provides a useful remedy to the abundance of "disembodied" theories of virtuality, but his book does not present a comprehensive "new philosophy" for those seeking guidance in a the new media era. --Patrick O'Kelley
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In New Philosophy for New Media, Mark Hansen defines the image in digital art in terms that go beyond the merely visual. Arguing that the "digital image" encompasses the entire process by which information is made perceivable, he places the body in a privileged position -- as the agent that filters information in order to create images. By doing so, he counters prevailing notions of technological transcendence and argues for the indispensability of the human in the digital era.
Hansen examines new media art and theory in light of Henri Bergson's argument that affection and memory render perception impure -- that we select only those images precisely relevant to our singular form of embodiment. Hansen updates this argument for the digital age, arguing that we filter the information we receive to create images rather than simply receiving images as preexisting technical forms. This framing function yields what Hansen calls the "digital image." He argues that this new "embodied" status of the frame corresponds directly to the digital revolution: a digitized image is not a fixed representation of reality, but is defined by its complete flexibility and accessibility. It is not just that the interactivity of new media turns viewers into users; the image itself has become the body's process of perceiving it.
To illustrate his account of how the body filters information in order to create images, Hansen focuses on new media artists who follow a "Bergsonist vocation"; through concrete engagement with the work of artists like Jeffrey Shaw, Douglas Gordon, and Bill Viola, Hansen explores the contemporary aesthetic investment in the affective, bodily basis of vision. The book includes over 70 illustrations (in both black and white and color) from the works of these and many other new media artists.
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very disappointing.......2006-07-27
I found this book to be very uninspiring and ultimately disappointing. The book should be called "New Philosophy" for "New Media" instead of New Philosophy for New Media. It is certainly not new philosophy and certainly doesn't cover all new media or media art.
First of all, mr. Hansen is very selective when it comes to new media art. The artists he discusses have given the body a central role, but one could name just as much artists for whom the body is not *that* central. But one could even contest the representation of this 'centralness': whereas one could discern some sort of negotiation between the body and the outside world (in this case technology) in the works of these artists, for Hansen this negotiation has always already been decided in favor of the human body.
So in the end it is not exactly 'new philosophy' we're dealing with, but, at least in this reader's view, desperate attempts to keep some old ways of thinking supreme, without ever trying to question them or trying out new ways of thinking. In a strange way one can sense this desperateness especially when it goes hand in hand with something that seems to be some sort of grudge against a new batch of thinkers who have attracted most of the attention, at least in some circles in the academic world (read: the world of cultural studies).
In these moments mr. Hansen's style leaves academic or creative thinking altogether and changes in a very childish name-calling and misrepresentation. For example, mr. Hansen seems to be very displeased by the fact that Friedrich Kittler has made such a name for himself as a media scientist. So whenever he refers to Kittler, he puts media scientist inbetween quotation marks, as on p. 71:
Without a doubt, it is German "media scientist" Friedrich Kittler... (p.71)
This is not the first time mr. Hansen refers to Friedrich Kittler in his book, so, one could ask him(/her)self, why here refer to the nationality of Kittler, should it suddenly matter that Kittler is not only a "media scientist" but also a German? And should the combination of being a German AND a "media scientist" (note the quotation marks) tell us enough, without even taking the substance of Kittler's work into account?
Even though this might seem to be something too little to fall over when judging a book, it becomes VERRY annoying when it keeps happening all through the work, especially when it threatens to take over the place of philosophical critique or thinking.
Of course, I didn't choose the passage above for no reason. It was exactly on that spot when I was totally repelled by Hansen's "work" (note that I am also using the quotation marks in a strategic way, just to mirror mr. Hansens's style). Let's see the rest of the sentence:
Without a doubt, it is German "media scientist" Friedrich Kittler who has most provocatively engaged the post-(anti-)humanist implications of digitization. (p.71)
This whole passage (and one could actually say: the whole book) serves no other end than to (mis-)represent post-humanist thinking as anti-humanism. Every priority given to technology becomes easily "technical determinism" (p.74) and Hansen knows how to connect some feelings of superiority to his own way of thinking: his quest is a quest of keeping the human in humanity alive, while all other thinkers reduce the human being in some way.
Well, let's read a short quote from one work from among the many books on post-humanism:
Humanism, in by now well-rehearsed arguments [!], produces oppressive institutions and discourses because it presumes that one sort of person (usually male, white, educated, and wealthy) is exemplary, and/or that there exists a "human nature" that is "the same" for all. (From the book: Avatar Bodies by Ann Weinstone, p. 3).
Apparently this is not so well-rehearsed for mr. Hansen: post-humanism has *nothing* whatsoever to do with anti-humanism, it is simply put a different way of thinking about what it is to be a human being. In general it tries to get rid of some rigid ways of thinking about the 'human', to create more space for other beings (be it people who do not fit the rigid image of humanism or be it some other being which is part of our world). One could say that in the end post-humanism is a much more 'humane' way of thinking than the obsolete and dogmatic ideas of european or western humanism. Whichever way you take it though, it is *NOT* anti-humanism.
As Deleuze argues in Difference and Repetition, real freedom is not about trying to find answers for old questions, but to be able to ask new questions, relevant and actual at the moment the questions are asked, in an always changing world. It is no wonder that affect and technology have become some of the central issues in todays thinking. But mr. Hansen misrepresents these issues in a very, well, creative way. But this creativity has nothing to do with asking new, relevant question, but a creativity in keeping creativity at bay!
So, the central argument of this book goes as follows: even though some things have changed (technology and with technology the nature of the work of art and the media in general), it was always already the human body which framed these changes. It is assumed, but mostly hidden in clever ways, that despite all these changes, the human body has stayed the same and will stay the same and will thus continue to determine (if we are carefull enough to see) how things will continue to change in the future.
Do we actually know this for a fact? It is exactly here that one could (and several have already tried to do so, even if Hansen puts their new ways of thinking inbetween quotation marks) that one could open up new spaces of thinking, ask new questions.
The central idea of affect is that we, human beings, are capable of changing the world, because we are capable to do things with our bodies, but also - and certainly not less! - that we are capable of being changed by the world. So, even if most art is created for or through human embodiment, the central question one should ask in relation to Hansens work is: is this still the same body as a century ago? As five centuries ago? How can we know? Well, we need to ask questions to find out, we cannot assume that the human body has not changed and has dictated all changes. This would be the least philosophical and least creative way one could take.
Claiming that technology, even if it is created by humanity, can change the human body in unforeseen ways is no technical determinism, on the contrary, it is claiming that we human beings are very human because we *are* affectable, through our bodies, in ways we are not even aware of. A very beautiful example is the chapter on Stelarc in Brian Massumi's work: Parables for the Virtual. Movement, Affect, Sensation, from 2002. (It is very surprising by the way that mr. Hansen doesn't mention Stelarc even once in this book, while it is a book on new media art).
One of Hansen's arguments at this point becomes how the human body itself creates some sort of rhythm or duration. This functions as an example of how the body creates the frame for our perception. This frame is so rooted in our bodies, that it becomes in Hansen's view a non-changeable, transcendental given. The philosophical journey Hansen undertakes always ends up with our bodies. Or, in other words, a journey to the self, the world outside has no place in this whole whatsover. Whereas other thinkers use this kind of bodily rhythm to argue that the body has always been open to and in sync with the outside world.
In the end, it was always an illusion (a sweet one of course) that the human body was outside and especially above the rest of nature, it is no smaller illusion that the body is outside or above technology. Because we created this technology does not mean that we totally control it's direction and/or nature. Most technology is invented by chance and through an ongoing negotiation with the outside world (material resources, natural 'laws' etc.) and not because we human beings directed it in some way. We could at least give ourselves the opportunity to ask questions about how techonology affects us, whether this is indeed framed by "the human body" (if there is such one unchanging universal substance) or not.
In fact one could put Hansen's scheme totally upside down: technology or art (in what media whatsoever) has never been framed by the human body, but by the world, the cosmos we live in. The human being or the human body has always been just a little dot framed and affected by cosmic forces in many ways through our embodiment. Let the fact that technology is created by humanity not fool anyone, we are still affected by cosmic forces, but this time through a combination of our emodiment and technology. It is the nature of this combination and how certain forces affect our being in new ways through this combination that we must study, this, in my view, can never be a journey to our own body, but to the great unknown outside.
New thinking..........2005-08-16
I must mention two points in relation to this work.
1. There is a true "newness" to new media espoused by Hansen in this work. This is based around the numeric, addressible quality of the digital image (Hansen reading Couchot) which renders it a process in exploded, bodily enacted frame rather than a traditional picture delimited by inherent form, so I must disagree with the editorial review.
2. I am unsure about Hansen's concept of the digital facial image as proposed in this work; I am not totally sure that this is quite the way forward - my thinking is not yet finalised on this.
Beyond these two comments, I must add that this work is a very weighty and useful addition to that philosophical project of revising and updating the continually pertinent Bergson, which I can recommend to all new media scholars.
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In i E-mail and Ethics /i , Emma Rooksby explores the ways in which interpersonal relations are affected by being conducted via computer-mediated communication. br br For over a decade, computer-mediated communication has been available as institutional and personal communication technology, and it has been becoming more widely available ever since its inception. It is often considered to be an efficient, productive and cost-effective form of communication, and it is claimed to bring many social and personal benefits in fields ranging from political action and formation of friendships, to therapeutic discussion and education access. br br The advent of this channel of communication has prompted a renewed investigation into the nature and value of forms of human association. Rooksby addresses these concerns in her rigorous investigation of the benefits, limitations and implications of computer-mediated communication. br br With its depth of research and clarity of style, this book will be of essential interest to philosophers, scholars of communication, cultural and media studies, and those interested in the importance and implications of computer-mediated communication.
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ASIN: 0240801458 |
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* Numerous case studies that provide hands-on insight into the ethical issues faced by broadcasters every day * Briefly, succintly gets to the core of today's key ethical issues * Looks at ethics from both programming and business standpoints
Electronic media are everywhere, and at no time in the history of electronic media has it been more important for media professionals to have a firm grounding in ethical principles as they apply to programming, advertising and business. This book
provides that grounding in a practical, hands-on approach. Numerous case studies and a thorough yet accessible, exploration of ethical traditions provide readers with an invaluable guide.
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Cuts through a tough subject in plain language.......2000-07-24
In the interest of full disclosure, I took three classes from Professor Limburg at Washington State University. He's a good guy and teaches in such a way that the subject is understandable and relevant to his students. That's reflected in this book. He uses case studies that directly challenge the reader. It's aimed at people who will or already do make decisions in broadcasting. Limburg also includes the basic history behind media ethics. To gain the full benefit of the material, you really should engage in discussion with other people. The book is a good base.
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Getting Better: Television and Moral Progress
Henry Perkinson
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Different take on TV in our lives.......1999-10-01
Another gem from Perkinson. In this book he looks at the social changes and improvements that have happened since the advent of television in our lives. His theories are worth consideration. But read it yourself. I think Perkinson is a clear writer.
This is a useful book to read, and should be on any required reading course that includes Jerry Mander!
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Good News: Social Ethics and the Press (Communication and Society)
Clifford G. Christians ,
John P. Ferre , and
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Mass media ethics and the classical liberal ideal of the autonomous individual are historically linked and professionally dominant--yet the authors of this work feel this is intrinsically flawed. They show how recent research in philosophy and social science--together with a longer tradition in theological inquiry--insist that community, mutuality, and relationship are fundamental to a full concept of personhood. The authors argue that "persons-in-community" provides a more defensible grounding for journalists' professional moral decision-making in crucial areas such as truthtelling, privacy, organizational culture, and balanced coverage. With numerous examples drawn from life as well as from theory, this book will interest journalists, editors, and professionals in media management as well as students and scholars of media ethics, reporting, and media law.
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Aiming to expand ethical awareness, this market-leading book uses original case studies and commentaries about actual media experiences to get readers thinking analytically about ethical situations in mass communication. Focusing on a wide spectrum of issues, the cases in the book cover journalism, broadcasting, advertising, public relations and entertainment. For anyone interested in the ethical aspects of mass communication.
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Best Applied Ethics Text, Media or Otherwise.......2006-06-27
A previous reviewer criticizes the book because throught-provoking discussions are begun but not wrapped up or resolved. If they were, the book would not fulfill its function. It's a TEXTBOOK for college classroom settings like the one in which I've used it, and all previous editions, over the past 15 or so years. It's purpose is to provoke discussion so that readers will thrash out the available options and do their own moral reasoning.
Using the Potter Model for moral reasoning as a foundation, the case study approach provides ample and diverse application material from classic situations to current events. The value of the Potter Model approach is well worth securing any edition of the text - it's the case studies which change from edition to edition.
The only drawback is the exorbitant price - all part of this wretched "gotcha!" situation students find themselves in, where publishers seem to be getting away with charging prices that begin at more than double what the market would tolerate for an equivalent non-textbook. Longman employees should be ashamed of themselves for gouging college students $74 for a paperback book which is widely used and therefore not a specialty oddball.
It's still a great book if you want to learn how to DO moral reasoning, with broad application to one's personal life.
Mediocre.......2006-02-25
The book is a great discussion started but hardly resolves any of the problems it presents.
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