Living Without the Screen : Causes and Consequences of Life without Television.
Living Without the Screen provides a current, distinctive, and important look at how personal choices on media are made, and how those choices reflect more broadly on media's place in today's society.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Hoboken :
Taylor & Francis,
2008
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I Introduction and Overview; Chapter 1 Living without Television; Chapter 2 Sample and Method; Chapter 3 How Nonviewers Gave Up Television; Chapter 4 Attitudes Toward Living Without Television; Chapter 5 What is Television?; Part II Television as Content; Chapter 6 Keeping Out Televised Sex and Violence; Chapter 7 Minimizing Consumerism; Chapter 8 Politics and Civic Engagement; Part III Television as Medium; Chapter 9 Autonomous Children; Chapter 10 Time Use; Chapter 11 Encouraging Creativity.
- Chapter 12 Engaging in real LifePart IV Television as Industry; Chapter 13 Choosing to be Different; Chapter 14 Battling the Industry; Chapter 15 Conclusion; References; Index.
