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Coarseness in U.S. Public Communication
By
Eric Kramer and
Philip Dalton
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Pr
Publication date
August 31, 2012
Pages
225
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781611475036
ISBN-10
1611475031
Dimensions
1 by 6.50 by 9.50 in.
Weight
1.10 lbs.
Original list price
$75.00
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Public expression in the United States has become increasingly coarse. Whether itâs stupid, rude, base, or anti-intellectual talk, it surrounds us. Popular television, film, music, art, and even some elements of religion have become as coarse, we argue, as our often-disparaged political dialogue. This bookâs contention is that the U.S. semantic environment is governed by tactics, not tact. We craft messages that workâthat perform their desired function. We are instrumental, strategic communicators. As such, entertainment and journalism that draw an audience, for instance, are âgood.â This follows the logic that the marketplace, an aggregate of hedonically motivated individuals, decides whatâs good. Market logic, when unencumbered by what some characterize as quaint human sentimentalities, liberates us to cynically communicate whatever and however we want. Whatever improves ratings, web traffic, ticket sales, concession sales, repeat purchases, and earnings is good. Embracing this communicative paradigm more fully necessitates the cultureâs abandonment of collective notions of both taste and veracity, thus weakening the forces that keep individual desires in check. Our present communication environment is one that invites the hypertrophic expression of the ego, enabling elites to erode public communication standards and repeal laws and regulations resulting in immeasurable individual fortunes. Meanwhile, perpetual plutocratic rule is made even more certain by the cacophonous public noise the rest of us are busy making, leaving us incapable, disinterested, and unwilling to listen to one another.
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Hardcover
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With Eric Kramer |
from Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Pr (August 31, 2012)
9781611475036 | details & prices | 225 pages | 6.50 × 9.50 × 1.00 in. | 1.10 lbs | List price $75.00
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Paperback
With Eric Kramer |
Reprint edition from Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Pr (March 6, 2015)
9781611476941 | details & prices | 225 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.78 lbs | List price $32.99
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