9780812976076-081297607X-The Age of Missing Information

The Age of Missing Information

ISBN-13: 9780812976076
ISBN-10: 081297607X
Author: Bill McKibben
Publication date: 2006
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Format: Paperback 288 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780812976076
ISBN-10: 081297607X
Author: Bill McKibben
Publication date: 2006
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Format: Paperback 288 pages

Summary

The Age of Missing Information (ISBN-13: 9780812976076 and ISBN-10: 081297607X), written by authors Bill McKibben, was published by Random House Trade Paperbacks in 2006. With an overall rating of 3.6 stars, it's a notable title among other Television Performers (Arts & Literature, Ethics & Morality, Philosophy, Communication & Media Studies, Social Sciences, Popular Culture, Sociology) books. You can easily purchase or rent The Age of Missing Information (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Television Performers books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.3.

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“Highly personal and original . . . McKibben goes beyond Marshall McLuhan’s theory that the medium is the message.”
——The New York Times

Imagine watching an entire day’s worth of television on every single channel. Acclaimed environmental writer and culture critic Bill McKibben subjected himself to this sensory overload in an experiment to verify whether we are truly better informed than previous generations. Bombarded with newscasts and fluff pieces, game shows and talk shows, ads and infomercials, televangelist pleas and Brady Bunch episodes, McKibben processed twenty-four hours of programming on all ninety-three Fairfax, Virginia, cable stations. Then, as a counterpoint, he spent a day atop a quiet and remote mountain in the Adirondacks, exploring the unmediated man and making small yet vital discoveries about himself and the world around him. As relevant now as it was when originally written in 1992–and with new material from the author on the impact of the Internet age–this witty and astute book is certain to change the way you look at television and perceive media as a whole.

“By turns humorous, wise, and troubling . . . a penetrating critique of technological society.”–Cleveland Plain Dealer

“Masterful . . . a unique, bizarre portrait of our life and times.”
Los Angeles Times

“Do yourself a favor: Put down the remote and pick up this book.”
Houston Chronicle

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