Watching TV Is Not Required - Thinking About Media and Thinking About Thinking

Zusatztext "McGrane and Gunderson have put together an extraordinarily provocative stream of sociologically inspired responses to television. Nothing could be more "relevant" to students! and in the right hands! this is a resource for a learning experience that at once maximizes critical and creative thinking. McGrane and Gunderson give new life to sociological thinking."-Jack Katz! Sociology! University of California! Los Angeles Informationen zum Autor Barney McGrane has a huge following among lower-division sociology instructors in North America. Barney has taught literally thousands of students at UCLA, UC Irvine, Pitzer, Colby College, and now Chapman University during his career. He is a mesmerizing teacher. John Gunderson has a Ph.D in education from Claremont Graduate School and was named "outstanding master’s student of the year" from Chapman University. He teaches as an adjunct at Chapman University Klappentext This book is critically analytical in making readers aware of the hidden destructive dimensions of television. It takes these critical ideas and makes them real. Zusammenfassung This book is critically analytical in making readers aware of the hidden destructive dimensions of television. It takes these critical ideas and makes them real. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. TV: Our Third Parent 2. UN-TV: You Are What You Watch 3. TV Is a Place Where We Live 4. Consumerism TV 5. Relationship TV 6. Children’s TV: Sat A.M. Ghetto 7. Mirror TV: Looking Glass Self 8. No TV and Meditation TV

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• Autori: John Gunderson, John (Chapman University Gunderson, Gunderson John, Bernard Mcgrane, Bernard (Chapman University Mcgrane, Bernard Gunderson Mcgrane, McGrane Bernard, MCGRANE BERNARD GUNDERSON JOHN
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 21.10.2009
• EAN: 9780415994866
• ISBN: 978-0-415-99486-6
• Pagine: 240
• Serie: Contemporary Sociological Perspectives; Sociology Re-Wired; Sociology Re-Wired
• Categorie: Guide e manuali > Salute; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Teatro, balletto; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, TV & society, Media studies: TV and society