The Sound Bite Society

How Television Helps the Right and Hurts the Left
1. Auflage 2001
ISBN: 978-0-415-93662-0
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 357 g

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

Autoren/Hrsg.

Scheuer, Jeffrey

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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