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_aSommerville, C. John _q(Charles John), _d1938- |
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_aHow the news makes us dumb : _bthe death of wisdom in an information society / _cC. John Sommerville |
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_aDowners Grove, Ill. : _bInterVarsity Press, _c[1999] |
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| 264 | 4 | _c©1999 | |
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_a155 pages ; _c21 cm |
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_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia |
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| 504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 153-155) | ||
| 505 | 0 | _a1. 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 | _aSomerville, 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 | ||
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_aJournalism _xObjectivity _zUnited States |
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_aPress and politics _zUnited States |
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