Four Arguments For The Elimination Of Television
by Jerry Mander /
1978 / English / PDF
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A total departure from previous writing about television, this
book is the first ever to advocate that the medium is not
reformable. Its problems are inherent in the technology itself
and are so dangerous -- to personal health and sanity, to the
environment, and to democratic processes -- that TV ought to be
eliminated forever.
A total departure from previous writing about television, this
book is the first ever to advocate that the medium is not
reformable. Its problems are inherent in the technology itself
and are so dangerous -- to personal health and sanity, to the
environment, and to democratic processes -- that TV ought to be
eliminated forever.
Weaving personal experiences through meticulous research, the
author ranges widely over aspects of television that have rarely
been examined and never before joined together, allowing an
entirely new, frightening image to emerge. The idea that all
technologies are "neutral," benign instruments that can be used
well or badly, is thrown open to profound doubt. Speaking of TV
reform is, in the words of the author, "as absurd as speaking of
the reform of a technology such as guns."
Weaving personal experiences through meticulous research, the
author ranges widely over aspects of television that have rarely
been examined and never before joined together, allowing an
entirely new, frightening image to emerge. The idea that all
technologies are "neutral," benign instruments that can be used
well or badly, is thrown open to profound doubt. Speaking of TV
reform is, in the words of the author, "as absurd as speaking of
the reform of a technology such as guns."
