References: 1. Johnson‚ D. G.‚ & Wetmore‚ J. M. (2009). Technology and Society: Building Our Sociotechnical Future. Cambridge‚ Massachusetts: The MIT Press. 2. Postman‚ N. (1998). Five Things We Need to Know About Technological Change. Address to New Tech 98 Conference. Denver‚ Colorado. March 27‚ 1998. 3. Harris‚ C. (2012). Going mobile. School Library Journal‚ 58(1)‚ 14-n/a. http://login.ezproxy1.lib.asu.edu/login
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of childhood‚ many writers included‚ Neil Postman‚ Marie Winn and Joshua Meyrowitz‚ whom appeared at the forefront of this mode. Postman held a firm stance on the reasons for the erosion and destruction of childhood‚ looking at the impact of the ‘print culture’ that was beginning to arise alongside‚ the body politic of pressure‚ that consisted of society compelling parents to transform children into adults before they had even hit adolescence. Postman‚ took the
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Examine the ways in which childhood can be said to be socially constructed (24) Sociologists see childhood‚ which is a socially defined age status‚ as being socially constructed which‚ is something defined and created by society. There are historical and cultural differences in how childhood is defined. For example western societies define children as being vulnerable and separate from the adult world‚ whereas in the past they played a bigger part in adult society from an early age. The main
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article entitled‚ “Behaviorism and Mental Health” (2011) in 1952‚ homosexuality was listed in the DSM as a sociopathic personality disturbance and according to the American Psychiatric Association homosexuality was a mental illness up until 1974. Neil Postman states in his essay The Word Weavers/The World Makers‚ “By naming an event and categorizing it as a “thing”‚ we create a vivid and more or less permanent map of what the world is like.” (853) That is what happened in the world of psychology and
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Political Attack Ads: Their impact on Americans National University Political advertisements have been a pervasive part of politics in the United States since the dawn of television. Presidential candidates have been making an appearance in the living rooms of Americans since Dwight D. Eisenhower introduced a series of short campaign ads to the world of television during his presidential race (livingroomcandidate.org par.1‚ 2012). From the beginning researchers regarded television
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communication‚ but in doing so it has gravely hurt society today. In a social commentary developed by Neil Postman‚ he explains that the invention of the telegraph led to America sharing useless information back and forth which had no relevance in their daily lives. With an abundance of knowledge‚ it began to pollute people’s mind and important news was lost in the sea of “news” (30-43). Similar to Postman‚ experts have warned the public about the health risks that come along with the use of technology
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The Print media is best known for it’s "excel in conveying factual details (graber189)." Graber goes on to add that the print media is generally credited with conveying more knowledge that audiovisual media does. One Critic by the name of Neil Postman says that if our nation is exposed to too much television‚ we might turn into a nation of dilettantes who avoid the serious issues of the world. I think that we are seeing some of that now. Look at Clinton for example‚ our media has not been
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Discuss the ways in which the media and new technologies have had a dramatic impact upon children’s lives This essay will look at how the representation of childhood on British television has changed and the part the media and new technology may have played in this change. It will discuss Postman’s (1983) concept of the death of childhood‚ and media manipulation‚ and compare it with Tapscott’s (1998) view of children gaining empowerment through the media. It will look at other forms of media
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2014. Giroux‚ Henry A. and Grace Pollock. The Mouse that Roared. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers‚ Inc.‚ 2010. 91-132. Print McNeal‚ James U. Kids as Customers: A Handbook of Marketing to Children. New York: Lexington‚ 1992. Print. Postman‚ Neil. “Television as Teacher.” From Inquiry to Academic Writing. Ed. Stuart Greene and April Lidinsky. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin ’s‚ 2012. 425. Print. Schlosser‚ Eric. “Kid Kustomers.” From Inquiry to Academic Writing. Ed. Stuart Greene and April
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we see fascinating‚ disturbing‚ and timely glimpses into the militarization of American popular culture‚ and seeing how U.S. news coverage has come to resemble Hollywood film‚ video games‚ and reality television in its glamorization of war. As Neil Postman states “we couldn’t know anything in the
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