The Sound Bite Society - How Television Helps the Right and Hurts the Left (Paperback, Pbk. ed)

Richard Nixon hammed it up on "Laugh-In", Bill Clinton hung out on MTV, and talk shows are now regular stops on the campaign trail. Television doesn't just affect politics - it is politics. In The Sound Bite Society, Jeffrey Scheuer argues that the rise of television is responsible for the decline of the American left. Political argument was simplified to quick, telegraphic "sound bites" as it shifted to television, and the more simplistic it became, the more the rules of engagement favoured the right wing. Television's visual and rhetoric conventions are biased towards simplicity, Scheuer claims. It has become the perfect vehicle for conservative messages advocating a simpler theory of government that supports personal autonomy, less bureaucracy, and limited regulation.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 2001
First published:	1998
Authors:	Jeffrey Scheuer
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	240
Edition:	Pbk. ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-93662-0
Categories:	Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > General
LSN:	0-415-93662-4
Barcode:	9780415936620

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