Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television

Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television
Author: Jerry Mander
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 259
Release: 2013-08-13
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 006231680X


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A total departure from previous writing about television, this book is the first ever to advocate that the medium is not reformable. Its problems are inherent in the technology itself and are so dangerous—to personal health and sanity, to the environment, and to democratic processes—that TV ought to be eliminated forever. Weaving personal experiences through meticulous research, the author ranges widely over aspects of television that have rarely been examined and never before joined together, allowing an entirely new, frightening image to emerge. The idea that all technologies are "neutral," benign instruments that can be used well or badly, is thrown open to profound doubt. Speaking of TV reform is, in the words of the author, "as absurd as speaking of the reform of a technology such as guns."

Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television
Language: en
Pages: 259
Authors: Jerry Mander
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-08-13 - Publisher: Harper Collins

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A total departure from previous writing about television, this book is the first ever to advocate that the medium is not reformable. Its problems are inherent i
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Language: en
Pages: 380
Authors: Jerry Mander
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 1978-03-01 - Publisher: Harper Collins

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A total departure from previous writing about television, this book is the first ever to advocate that the medium is not reformable. Its problems are inherent i
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Language: en
Pages: 272
Authors: Jerry Mander
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-06-08 - Publisher: Catapult

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In the vein of his bestseller, Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television, nationally recognized social critic Jerry Mander researches, discusses, and exp
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Language: en
Pages: 468
Authors: Jerry Mander
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1991 - Publisher: Random House (NY)

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Mander goes beyond television (which he proclaimed as being dangerous to personal health and sanity in Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television) to crit
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Language: en
Pages: 370
Authors: Aric Sigman
Categories: Television
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007 - Publisher: Random House

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