Fatal Amusements: Contemplating the Tempest of Contemporary Media and American Culture

Autor/in	Strate, Lance
Titel	Fatal Amusements: Contemplating the Tempest of Contemporary Media and American Culture
Quelle	In: Educational Technology, 56 (2016) 2, S.17-24 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1962
Schlagwörter	Educational Technology; Higher Education; Online Courses; Mass Media Effects; Journalism; Electronic Learning; Distance Education; Educational Media; Teaching Methods; Technology Uses in Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Unterrichtsmedien; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Online course; Online-Kurs; Journalistik; Journalismus; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Bildungsmittel; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen
Abstract	Our use of the electronic media to conduct serious discourse raises the question of whether "we are amusing ourselves to death," as Neil Postman argued. The approach known as "media ecology," the study of media as environments, which emphasizes the need to understand context and find balance, provides a basis for the analysis and critique of contemporary culture. The American republic was born out of the typographic media environment, while our current electronic media environment, with its emphasis on images, information, and immediacy, has had many negative effects on American politics, journalism, religious experience, and education. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01