The end of conversation : the impact of mass media on modern society
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The end of conversation : the impact of mass media on modern society
（Contributions in sociology, no. 71）
Greenwood Press, 1988
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Bibliography: p. [141]-179
Includes index
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Franco Ferrarotti here offers a provocative look at the future of a world dominated by mass media--particularly television. He argues eloquently that the art of story-telling, the traditions of oral history, the simple pleasures of individual conversation are being lost, precisely because they embody qualities antithetical to the technological imperatives of mass society--qualities such as time to develop a thought, a thirst for details, patience, and a delight in the unexpected. He asserts that the mental habits prevailing in an age that places undue value on instantaneous images are incompatible with extended face-to-face dialogue.
Table of Contents
Preface Part I: The Interrupted Conversation Between Two Voids The Paradox of Oral History Talking Among Human Beings Reality as Spectacle The Autonomy of the Medium The Contribution of Harold Adams Innis Knowledge and Information The Proletarinization of the Soul The Human Voice in Athens Part II: The Crisis of the Event: The Decline and Transfiguration of Charisma The "White Tribe" in a Minority Position End of History or Crisis of Elite Historicism? The Limitations of European Culture in a Culturally Pluralistic World Charisma as the Extraordinary Personalized Response to the "Challenge of the Exception" Sects as Dispensers of Certainty in an Uncertain World The "Children of Moon," or the Businessman as Prophet From Absolute Obedience to Salvation The TV Pope The Mass Media and the Annulment of Determinants of Time and Place Part III: New Historicism and Life Histories The Crisis of Historicism History and Sociology Life-Histories and Historical Horizon Preliminary Critical Remarks Inference and Reproducibility The Impossible Synthesis The Personal Equation The Interaction Context and Temporality Annotated Bibliography Index
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