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Media and morality : on the rise of the mediapolis Roger Silverstone

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, UK : Malden, MA : Polity Press, c2007.Description: vii, 215 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 978-0745635040
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 302.23 SI ME
Online resources: Summary: Roger Silverstone's compelling new book places the global media at the heart of the moral future of civilisation. It argues that the media (the press, broadcasting, the Internet and increasingly peer-to-peer technologies and networks) have a profound significance for the way in which the world is understood by its citizens. It also argues that without a clear understanding of that significance, and without a critique of the way in which the media go about their daily business, we are likely to see an erosion in the capacity of human beings to understand and respect each other, especially those whom they see and hear only in their mediation.
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REGULAR University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection 302.23 SI ME (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available T0054431
REGULAR University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection 302.23 SI ME (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available T0054432

Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-205) and index.

Roger Silverstone's compelling new book places the global media at the heart of the moral future of civilisation. It argues that the media (the press, broadcasting, the Internet and increasingly peer-to-peer technologies and networks) have a profound significance for the way in which the world is understood by its citizens. It also argues that without a clear understanding of that significance, and without a critique of the way in which the media go about their daily business, we are likely to see an erosion in the capacity of human beings to understand and respect each other, especially those whom they see and hear only in their mediation.

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