Sound Bite Society

How Television Helps the Right and Hurts the Left

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Paperback, 240 blz. | Engels
Taylor & Francis | 1e druk, 2001
ISBN13: 9780415936620
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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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ISBN13:9780415936620
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Paperback
Aantal pagina's:240
Druk:1

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