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100	1		_91984 _aMander, Jerry
245	1	0	_aFour arguments for the elimination of television / _cby Jerry Mander.
250			_a1st ed., repr.
260			_aNew York : _bPerennial, _c2002.
300			_a371 p. ; _c22 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
505			_a1. Introduction -- 2. Argument one: The mediation of experience -- 3. Argument two: The colonization of experience -- 4. Argument three: Effects of television in the human being -- 5. Argument 4: The inherent biases of television -- 6. Postscript: Impossible thoughts.
520			_aA total departure from previous writing about television, this book is the first ever to advocate that the medium is not reformable. Its problems are inherent in the technology itself and are so dangerous - to the personal health and sanity, to the environment and to democratic processes - that TV ought to be eliminated forever. Weaving personal experiences through meticulous research, the author ranges widely over aspects of television that have rarely been examined and never and never before joined together, allowing an entirely new, frightening image to emerge. The idea that all technologies are "neutral", benign instruments that can be used well or badly, is thrown open to profound doubt. Speaking of TV reform is, in the words of the author, " as absurd as speaking of the reform of the technology such a guns."
650		0	_9154 _aTelevision broadcasting _xSocial aspects _zUnited States
650		0	_9198 _aTelevision _xPsychological aspects
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