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

By: Meyrowitz, Joshua [author]
Language: English Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 1985Description: xv, 416 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume ISBN: 0195034740; 9780195034745; 019504231X; 9780195042313Subject(s): Mass media -- Social aspects | Communication -- Social aspects | Social change | Mass media -- Social aspects -- United States | Communication -- Social aspects -- United States | United States -- Social conditionsDDC classification: 302.234 LOC classification: HM258 | .M49 1985
Contents:
Introduction : Behavior in Its Place -- Part I : Media as Change Mechanisms. Media and Behavior : A Missing Link ; Media, Situations, and Behavior ; Why Roles Change When Media Change -- Part II : From Print Situations to Electronic Situations. The Merging of Public Spheres ; The Blurring of Public and Private Behaviors ; The Separation of Social Place from Physical Place -- Part III : The New Social Landscape. New Group Identities ; New Ways of Becoming ; Questioning Authority ; Effect Loops -- Part IV : Three Dimensions of Social Change. The Merging of Masculinity and Femininity ; The Blurring of Childhood and Adulthood ; Lowering the Political Hero to Our Level -- Conclusion. Where Have We Been, Where Are We Going?
Summary: An analysis of how the media have come to alter every day social experiences for both adults and children.
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Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 374-390.

Introduction : Behavior in Its Place -- Part I : Media as Change Mechanisms. Media and Behavior : A Missing Link ; Media, Situations, and Behavior ; Why Roles Change When Media Change -- Part II : From Print Situations to Electronic Situations. The Merging of Public Spheres ; The Blurring of Public and Private Behaviors ; The Separation of Social Place from Physical Place -- Part III : The New Social Landscape. New Group Identities ; New Ways of Becoming ; Questioning Authority ; Effect Loops -- Part IV : Three Dimensions of Social Change. The Merging of Masculinity and Femininity ; The Blurring of Childhood and Adulthood ; Lowering the Political Hero to Our Level -- Conclusion. Where Have We Been, Where Are We Going?

An analysis of how the media have come to alter every day social experiences for both adults and children.

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