The Real Thing : Doing Philosophy with Media
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Popular Culture and Everyday Life
ISBN-10
0820455555
ISBN-13
9780820455556
Publisher
Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Imprint
Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jan 29th, 2002
Print length
239 Pages
Weight
358 grams
Dimensions
15.50 x 22.90 x 1.50 cms
Product Classification:
Media studies
Ksh 4,350.00
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Television has been demonized as the cause of the moral decay of our society. Its content is derided as vapid. However, what we watch on television is often philosophically complex. This book examines news, cartoons such as South Park, advertisements, and soap operas and identifies complex moral dilemmas and arguments in them. It argues that we should apply analytical and philosophical skills directly to what we watch and shows how it can be done. In the final chapter, the way in which the news has been overtaken by the private lives of public figures is traced to a breakdown of the public-private divide.
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