Coarseness in U. S. Public Communication.
Material type:
- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781611475043
- 302.2
- P95.82.U6D35 2012
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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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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