Description |
xiv, 226 pages ; 22 cm |
Contents |
Introduction : the need to belong -- 1. Displacement in the global village -- 2. The human condition -- 3. Habits of a high-tech age -- 4. Impact of media and technology -- 5. Blurring of identity and place -- 6. The medium is the moral -- 7. Icons and caricatures -- 8. Living three-dimensionally -- 9. Repatriation to the village |
Summary |
This book focuses on a simple yet deceptively complex question: have media and technology created an interpersonal divide, eroding our sense of community? Bugeja approaches the question from a number of different vantage points - global, ethical, philosophical, historical, corporate, pop cultural, familial, and social. [from publisher's advertisement] |
Notes |
Includes index |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Communities.
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Technology -- Social aspects.
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Mass media -- Social aspects.
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Social perception.
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Interpersonal relations.
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LC no. |
2004049592 |
ISBN |
0195173406 acid-free paper |
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0195173392 paperback acid-free paper |
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