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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820261503321

Autore

Freedman Robert <1960->

Titolo

Noise wars : compulsory media and our loss of autonomy / / Robert Freedman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Algora Pub., c2009

ISBN

0-87586-716-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (218 p.)

Disciplina

302.23

Soggetti

Mass media - Social aspects

Mass media - Technological innovations

Advertising - Social aspects

Advertising - Psychological aspects

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.

Nota di contenuto

Silence at 99 cents a pop -- The new world of captivity -- TV in public spaces -- Outdoor rooms : when memory goes missing -- Boom cars : as funny as a heart attack -- You hear me, therefore I am -- Creating a new world of stress -- What it all boils down to : users vs. stewards.

Sommario/riassunto

Let me place on your radar screen an issue that for most people goes by unnoticed. Every day it is there for all of us to see and hear ? if we can just notice it for that first time. This is the rising use of media, the use of media in abusive, penetrating ways. Our freedom to choose whether or not we consume that media is taken away from us.<br /<br /With their business model coming under pressure from shrinking audiences, media companies seek to regain their footing by forcing people to consume TV and other digital content outside the home by turning public and private settings into captive-