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The metaphysics of media : toward an end to postmodern cynicism and the construction of a virtuous reality / Peter K. Fallon.

Van Pelt Library BD331 .F19 2009
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Fallon, Peter K.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Reality.
Metaphysics.
Mass media.
Postmodernism.
Physical Description:
xvi, 288 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Place of Publication:
Scranton [Pa.] : University of Scranton Press, [2009]
Contents:
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Why a metaphysics of media? : why should anyone care?
On the utility of the media ecological perspective as a tool in the study of the metaphysics of a culture
The contentious nature of objective reality and the inarguable value of truth
Orality
The metaphysics of orality
Literacy
The metaphysics of literacy
Electric culture
The metaphysics of electric culture
In the dark : the survival of ignorance in an age of information
Appendix: An explanation of the media ecological principles
Notes
Bibliography
Index.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781589662025
1589662024
OCLC:
439210239

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