03410nam 2200721 450 991080704250332120230126211108.01-61147-694-11-61147-504-X(CKB)2670000000577536(EBL)1864053(SSID)ssj0001367666(PQKBManifestationID)11795156(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001367666(PQKBWorkID)11447387(PQKB)11136629(MiAaPQ)EBC1864053(Au-PeEL)EBL1864053(CaPaEBR)ebr11024251(CaONFJC)MIL664121(OCoLC)896794258(EXLCZ)99267000000057753620120522h20122012 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCoarseness in U.S. public communication /Philip Dalton and Eric KramerMadison :Fairleigh Dickinson University Press,[2012]©20121 online resource (233 p.)The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press series in communication studies ;7"Co-published with The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group."1-61147-503-1 1-322-32839-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Introduction: Atlas Slouched; 1 Noise, Fragmentation, and Absurdity in U.S. Public Communication; 2 Coarseness in the Public Sphere; 3 Coarseness in U.S. Politics; 4 Coarseness and Reason; 5 Art and Cultivated Vulgarity; 6 Postdenominational Christianity and Coarseness; 7 Entertainment and the Entertainment Market-as-Democracy Meme; Conclusion: Our Age of Cynicism; Bibliography; Index; About the Authors<span><span><span>Proceeding from the assumption that all manner of public communication in the United States is becoming increasingly coarse, this book argues that shared cultural notions of decency are being eroded by market logic - a decision making calculus based solely upon the aggregate preferences of self-interested individuals. The instrumentality of communication in this paradigm eclipses communication's expressive potential, leaving our culture to value only communication's capacity to achieve individual ends.</span></span><br /><span><span> </span></span></span>Fairleigh Dickinson University Press series in communication studies ;7.CommunicationPolitical aspectsUnited StatesCommunicationSocial aspectsUnited StatesVulgaritySocial aspectsUnited StatesCommunication and cultureUnited StatesMass media and cultureUnited StatesMass mediaSocial aspectsUnited StatesUnited StatesCivilization21st centuryCommunicationPolitical aspectsCommunicationSocial aspectsVulgaritySocial aspectsCommunication and cultureMass media and cultureMass mediaSocial aspects302.20973Dalton Philip1721289Kramer Eric MarkMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910807042503321Coarseness in U.S. public communication4120732UNINA