How the News Makes Us Dumb

The Death of Wisdom in an Information Society

By C. John Sommerville

(paperback)

Product Details

Line: IVP Books
Length: 155 pages
Size: 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches
Binding: paperback
Published: February 1999

ISBN-10: 0-8308-2203-8
ISBN-13: 978-0-8308-2203-4
IVP Order Code: 2203

Related Subjects

Cultural Analysis

Preface
1. Why the News Can't Be Fixed
2. News Product as Creative Expression
3. Being Informed Versus Being Wise
4. How News Schedules Drive Our Government
5. Politics as a Perpetual Campaign
6. Why News Product Looks Nothing Like History
7. How News Turns Science into Superstition
8. Polls, Statistics & Fantasy
9. Values, Blame & Nagging
10. Deep Theory: News as Culture Substitute
11. Virtual Society or Real Community?

Notes