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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454109503321

Autore

Meyrowitz Joshua

Titolo

No sense of place : the impact of electronic media on social behavior / / Joshua Meyrowitz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, [New York] ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1985

©1985

ISBN

1-280-52322-0

9786610523221

0-19-983921-2

0-19-802057-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (433 p.)

Disciplina

302.2/34

Soggetti

Mass media - Social aspects

Communication - Social aspects

Social change

Mass media - Social aspects - United States

Communication - Social aspects - United States

Electronic books.

United States Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1 Introduction: Behavior in Its Place; Part I: Media as Change Mechanisms; Part II: From Print Situations to Electronic Situations; Part III: The New Social Landscape; Part IV: Three Dimensions of Social Change; Part V: Conclusion; Appendix: Discussion of Terms; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Introduction: Behavior in Its PlacePart I--Media as Change Mechanisms Media and Behavior: A Missing LinkMedia, Situations, and BehaviorWhy Roles Change When Media ChangePart II--From Print Situations to Electronic Situations The Merging of Public SpheresThe Blurring of Public and Private BehaviorsThe Separation of Social Place from Physical PlacePart III--The New Social Landscape New Group IdentitiesNew Ways



of BecomingQuestioning AuthorityEffect LoopsPart IV--Three Dimensions of Social Change The Merging of Masculinity and FemininityThe Blurring of Childhood and AdulthoodLowering the Politica