The Sound Bite Society: Television and the American Mind

By Jeffrey Scheuer

Since the 1960s, American political life has undergone some major transformations: conservative politicians and values have proliferated, and television has become the main forum for public discourse.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1568581416
• ISBN13: 9781568581415
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: Four Walls Eight Windows
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 1.0" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

Excellent analysis

Scheuer's book is a gem, a worthy companion to Mander's Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television and Postman's Amusing Ourselves to Death. His taxonomy of how television mediates reality -- especially political reality -- is informed and thorough and should become the locus classicus on the subject. And his reflections on how the structure of television reality undercuts an open and organic view of society deserve a wide audience. To boot, the writing is clear, witty, evenhanded -- a good read.