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No Sense of Place
Joshua Meyrowitz
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Description for No Sense of Place
Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: JMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 27. Weight in Grams: 594.
How have changes in media affected our everyday experience, behavior, and sense of identity? Such questions have generated endless arguments and speculations, but no thinker has addressed the issue with such force and originality as Joshua Meyrowitz in No Sense of Place. Advancing a daring and sophisticated theory, Meyrowitz shows how television and other electronic media have created new social situations that are no longer shaped by where we are or who is "with" us. While other media experts have limited the debate to message content, Meyrowitz focuses on the ways in which changes in media rearrange "who ... Read more
How have changes in media affected our everyday experience, behavior, and sense of identity? Such questions have generated endless arguments and speculations, but no thinker has addressed the issue with such force and originality as Joshua Meyrowitz in No Sense of Place. Advancing a daring and sophisticated theory, Meyrowitz shows how television and other electronic media have created new social situations that are no longer shaped by where we are or who is "with" us. While other media experts have limited the debate to message content, Meyrowitz focuses on the ways in which changes in media rearrange "who ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Condition
New
Weight
593g
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195042313
SKU
V9780195042313
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99-99
About Joshua Meyrowitz
Joshua Meyrowitz is Professor of Communication at the University of New Hampshire, where he has won numerous honors, including the Lindberg Award for Outstanding Scholar-Teacher in the College of Liberal Arts. He is the author of scores of articles on media and society that have appeared in scholarly journals and anthologies, as well as in general-interest magazines and newspapers.
Reviews for No Sense of Place
... a classic book, richly deserving of the ICA 2014 Fellows Book Award, for its own merit and for the impact on the scholarship of others. No Sense of Place is a landmark in theorizing about media.
Dafna Lemish, International Communication Association
One of the most ambitious, refreshing, and provocative attempts to expand our understanding of communications technologies. ... Read more
Dafna Lemish, International Communication Association
One of the most ambitious, refreshing, and provocative attempts to expand our understanding of communications technologies. ... Read more