MARC details
000 -LEADER |
fixed length control field |
01936cam a2200361 a 4500 |
001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
control field |
40619411 |
003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
control field |
OCoLC |
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
control field |
20181129114542.0 |
008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
fixed length control field |
990106t19991999ilu b 000 0 eng |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
0830822038 |
Canceled/invalid ISBN |
0830822011 |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
9780830822034 |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
Canceled/invalid ISBN |
9780830822010 |
035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
System control number |
(OCoLC)40619411 |
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
Original cataloging agency |
DLC |
Language of cataloging |
eng |
Transcribing agency |
DLC |
Modifying agency |
LVB |
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BAKER |
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BTCTA |
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YDXCP |
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CPE |
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QQ3 |
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TULIB |
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BDX |
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OCLCF |
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IOO |
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OCLCQ |
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OCLCO |
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UtOrBLW |
043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE |
Geographic area code |
n-us--- |
050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
Classification number |
PN4888.O25 |
Item number |
S66 1999 |
082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
Classification number |
302.23 |
Edition number |
21 |
Item number |
S697H |
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
Personal name |
Sommerville, C. John |
Fuller form of name |
(Charles John), |
Dates associated with a name |
1938- |
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
Title |
How the news makes us dumb : |
Remainder of title |
the death of wisdom in an information society / |
Statement of responsibility, etc. |
C. John Sommerville |
264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
Downers Grove, Ill. : |
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
InterVarsity Press, |
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice |
[1999] |
264 #4 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice |
©1999 |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
Extent |
155 pages ; |
Dimensions |
21 cm |
336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
Content type term |
text |
Content type code |
txt |
Source |
rdacontent |
337 ## - MEDIA TYPE |
Media type term |
unmediated |
Media type code |
n |
Source |
rdamedia |
338 ## - CARRIER TYPE |
Carrier type term |
volume |
Carrier type code |
nc |
Source |
rdacarrier |
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-155) |
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
Formatted contents note |
1. Why the News Can't Be Fixed -- 2. News Product as Creative Expression -- 3. Being Informed Versus Being Wise -- 4. How News Schedules Drive Our Government -- 5. Politics as a Perpetual Campaign -- 6. Why News Product Looks Nothing Like History -- 7. How News Turns Science into Superstition -- 8. Polls, Statistics & Fantasy -- 9. Values, Blame & Nagging -- 10. Deep Theory: News as Culture Substitute -- 11. Virtual Society or Real Community? |
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
Summary, etc. |
Somerville, a historian, argues that news began to make us dumber when we insisted on having it daily. Now millions of column inches and airtime hours must be filled with information ... Lost in the tidal wave of information is the ability to discern truly significant news |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Journalism |
General subdivision |
Objectivity |
Geographic subdivision |
United States |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Mass media |
General subdivision |
Objectivity |
Geographic subdivision |
United States |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Press and politics |
Geographic subdivision |
United States |
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Dewey Decimal Classification |
Koha item type |
Books |