Noise wars : compulsory media and our loss of autonomy / Robert Freedman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Freedman, Robert, 1960-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media--Social aspects.

Mass media.

Mass media--Technological innovations.

Advertising--Social aspects.

Advertising.

Advertising--Psychological aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (218 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Algora Pub., c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Let me place on your radar screen an issue that for most people goes by unnoticed. Every day it is there for all of us to see and hear ? if we can just notice it for that first time. This is the rising use of media, the use of media in abusive, penetrating ways. Our freedom to choose whether or not we consume that media is taken away from us.<br /<br /With their business model coming under pressure from shrinking audiences, media companies seek to regain their footing by forcing people to consume TV and other digital content outside the home by turning public and private settings into captive-

Contents:

Silence at 99 cents a pop

The new world of captivity

TV in public spaces

Outdoor rooms : when memory goes missing

Boom cars : as funny as a heart attack

You hear me, therefore I am

Creating a new world of stress

What it all boils down to : users vs. stewards.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0-87586-716-2

OCLC:

457044399