| Description |
xiii, 244 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Communication and social order |
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Communication and social order.
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| Contents |
1. The Ecology of Communication and the Effective Environment -- 2. Computer Formats and Bureaucratic Structures -- 3. The Culture of the Electronic Communication and the Self -- 4. Dispute Transformation and the Ecology of Communication -- 5. Gonzo Justice -- 6. Gonzo Democracy: The Case of Azscam -- 7. Policy and the Ecology of Communication: "The Missing Children Problem" -- 8. The Ecology of Communication and TV Coverage of Terrorism in the United States and Great Britain -- 9. Postjournalism: The Gulf War in Perspective -- 10. Conclusion: Our Communicative Future |
| Summary |
Articulated through an interactionist and non-deterministic focus, An Ecology of Communication offers a distinctive perspective for understanding the impact of information technology, communication formats, and social activities in the new electronic environment. As more routines, rituals, and activities incorporate such technologies within their organizational cultures, new sorts of activities are added and previous ones are changed according to an underlying logic explored in these pages. Various chapters illustrate some of these altered and redefined organizational cultures: bureaucracy, the mass media, computer formats, war, surveillance, and testing, among others |
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Altheide's new book advances the argument set in motion some years ago with Media Logic and continued in Media Worlds in the Postjournalism Era: that in our age, information technology and the communication environments it posits have affected the private and the social spheres of all our power relationships, redefining the ground rules for social life and concepts such as freedom and justice |
| Analysis |
Communication and culture |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-234) and indexes |
| Subject |
Communication and culture.
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| LC no. |
94044795 |
| ISBN |
0202305325 |
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0202305333 |
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