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Coarseness in U. S. Public Communication.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (233 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781611475043
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Coarseness in U. S. Public CommunicationDDC classification:
  • 302.2
LOC classification:
  • P95.82.U6D35 2012
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction: Atlas Slouched -- 1 Noise, Fragmentation, and Absurdity in U.S. Public Communication -- 2 Coarseness in the Public Sphere -- 3 Coarseness in U.S. Politics -- 4 Coarseness and Reason -- 5 Art and Cultivated Vulgarity -- 6 Postdenominational Christianity and Coarseness -- 7 Entertainment and the Entertainment Market-as-Democracy Meme -- Conclusion: Our Age of Cynicism -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Authors.
Summary: 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.
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Intro -- Contents -- Introduction: Atlas Slouched -- 1 Noise, Fragmentation, and Absurdity in U.S. Public Communication -- 2 Coarseness in the Public Sphere -- 3 Coarseness in U.S. Politics -- 4 Coarseness and Reason -- 5 Art and Cultivated Vulgarity -- 6 Postdenominational Christianity and Coarseness -- 7 Entertainment and the Entertainment Market-as-Democracy Meme -- Conclusion: Our Age of Cynicism -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Authors.

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.

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