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Greening the Media

Maxwell, Richard Miller Toby
Innbundet / 2012 / Engelsk

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780199914678
Publisert
2012
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press Inc
Vekt
528 gr
Høyde
163 mm
Bredde
239 mm
Dybde
15 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
256

Forfatter
Maxwell, Richard
Miller Toby

Om bidragsyterne

Richard Maxwell is professor and chair of Media Studies at Queens College, City University of New York. Toby Miller is Distinguished Professor of Media & Cultural Studies at the University of California Riverside and Director of the UC Study Abroad program in Mexico. In May 2012 he becomes Director of the City University of London's Centre for the Study of Cultural and Creative Industries.

Greening the Media

Maxwell, Richard Miller Toby
Innbundet / 2012 / Engelsk
Maxwell, Richard Miller Toby
Innbundet / 2012 / Engelsk
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As a brief, well-referenced work that pulls together many threads into one coherent picture, it is an excellent addition to any collection,

P.L. Kantor, CHOICE

An impressive example of ecologically-oriented interdisciplinary research, Greening the Media provides an important and necessary contribution to the communication and media studies fields ... [Maxwell and Miller's] work should therefore become required reading for scholars of media technology, environmental communication, and global economic interaction, among other domains.

Garrett M. Broad, International Journal of Communication

You will never look at your cell phone, TV, or computer the same way after reading this book. Maxwell and Miller not only reveal the dirty secrets that hide inside our beloved electronics; they also take apart the myths that have pushed these gadgets to the center of our lives. With an astounding array of economic, environmental and historical facts, Greening the Media debunks the idea that information and communication technologies (ITC) are clean and ecologically benign. In this compassionate and sharply argued book, the authors show how the physical reality of making, consuming, and discarding them is rife with toxic ingredients, poisonous working conditions, and hazardous waste. But all is not lost. As the title suggests, Maxwell and Miller dwell critically on these environmental problems in order to think creatively about ways to solve them. They enlist a range of potential allies in this effort to foster greener media-from green consumers to green citizens, with stops along the way to hear from exploited workers, celebrities, and assorted bureaucrats. Maxwell and Miller rethink the status of print and screen technologies from a perspective unique in media studies, one that enables them to open new lines of historical and social analysis of ICT, consumer electronics, and media production. This original and highly readable book is for anyone who marvels at the high tech goodies surrounding us and wonders "How have they been made?," "By whom?," "Where?," and "Under what conditions?"
Les mer
Greening the Media rethinks media technologies from an ecological perspective, developing a new approach to historical and social analysis of information and communication technology.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ; INTRODUCTION ; 1. CONSUMERS ; 2. WORDS ; 3. SCREENS ; 4. WORKERS ; 5. BUREAUCRATS ; 6. CITIZENS ; CONCLUSION ; BIBLIOGRAPHY
As a brief, well-referenced work that pulls together many threads into one coherent picture, it is an excellent addition to any collection,
"Someone once said that people should never go into the kitchen of a restaurant where they enjoy eating. Toby Miller and Richard Maxwell take us into the electronic media's kitchen, and the food will never taste the same again. In a brilliant, even stunning, expose of the environmental practices and impact of media corporations, Greening the Media is one of the most important media books in years. Extremely readable and entertaining, this highly original and well-researched book should be mandatory reading for everyone with a cell phone or a flat-screen television." --Robert W. McChesney, coauthor of The Death and Life of American Journalism "Maxwell and Miller move with panache across historical epochs, keeping tabs on the media's impact on the environmental on several registers...Revelatory." --Afterimage "[An] impressive book...At just 165 pages, it is thoroughly researched and clearly structured. It's a surprisingly easy and engaging read. I would recommend it to all media educators." --Media Education Research Journal "Offers a new perspective on the rise of the information society. It seeks to temper our enthusiasm for the latest technological fads by illustrating their material consequences. The book will be of interest to those who study culture, media and communications, and the environment as well as to anyone owning a computer or smartphone." --Contemporary Sociology "An impressive example of ecologically-oriented interdisciplinary research, Greening the Media provides an important and necessary contribution to the communication and media studies fields...[Maxwell and Miller's] work should therefore become required reading for scholars of media technology, environmental communication, and global economic interaction, among other domains." --International Journal of Communication "There is real power in the book's presentation of carefully researched facts on the sheer scale of environmental destruction caused by media technology ...Greening the Media provides a model of green media studies at work." --Cultural Studies Review "The muckraking exposé Maxwell and Miller deliver...should be required reading for all who study media and its impact on our world -- as well as by all people who purchase, operate, dispose of, or fetishize ICT/CE devices, which means almost all of us." --Radical History Review
Les mer
Selling point: Identifies the media's complicity in environmental pollution, illustrating how information technology contributes to the global ecological crisis Selling point: Lays out a plan for change and sustainability in various media industries Selling point: Examines hot-button issues such as global-warming, cellphone safety, and technological waste
Les mer
Richard Maxwell is Professor and Chair of Media Studies at Queens College, City University of New York. Toby Miller is Distinguished Professor of Media & Cultural Studies at the University of California, Riverside.
Les mer
Selling point: Identifies the media's complicity in environmental pollution, illustrating how information technology contributes to the global ecological crisis Selling point: Lays out a plan for change and sustainability in various media industries Selling point: Examines hot-button issues such as global-warming, cellphone safety, and technological waste
Les mer

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As a brief, well-referenced work that pulls together many threads into one coherent picture, it is an excellent addition to any collection,

P.L. Kantor, CHOICE

An impressive example of ecologically-oriented interdisciplinary research, Greening the Media provides an important and necessary contribution to the communication and media studies fields ... [Maxwell and Miller's] work should therefore become required reading for scholars of media technology, environmental communication, and global economic interaction, among other domains.

Garrett M. Broad, International Journal of Communication

You will never look at your cell phone, TV, or computer the same way after reading this book. Maxwell and Miller not only reveal the dirty secrets that hide inside our beloved electronics; they also take apart the myths that have pushed these gadgets to the center of our lives. With an astounding array of economic, environmental and historical facts, Greening the Media debunks the idea that information and communication technologies (ITC) are clean and ecologically benign. In this compassionate and sharply argued book, the authors show how the physical reality of making, consuming, and discarding them is rife with toxic ingredients, poisonous working conditions, and hazardous waste. But all is not lost. As the title suggests, Maxwell and Miller dwell critically on these environmental problems in order to think creatively about ways to solve them. They enlist a range of potential allies in this effort to foster greener media-from green consumers to green citizens, with stops along the way to hear from exploited workers, celebrities, and assorted bureaucrats. Maxwell and Miller rethink the status of print and screen technologies from a perspective unique in media studies, one that enables them to open new lines of historical and social analysis of ICT, consumer electronics, and media production. This original and highly readable book is for anyone who marvels at the high tech goodies surrounding us and wonders "How have they been made?," "By whom?," "Where?," and "Under what conditions?"
Les mer
Greening the Media rethinks media technologies from an ecological perspective, developing a new approach to historical and social analysis of information and communication technology.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ; INTRODUCTION ; 1. CONSUMERS ; 2. WORDS ; 3. SCREENS ; 4. WORKERS ; 5. BUREAUCRATS ; 6. CITIZENS ; CONCLUSION ; BIBLIOGRAPHY
As a brief, well-referenced work that pulls together many threads into one coherent picture, it is an excellent addition to any collection,
"Someone once said that people should never go into the kitchen of a restaurant where they enjoy eating. Toby Miller and Richard Maxwell take us into the electronic media's kitchen, and the food will never taste the same again. In a brilliant, even stunning, expose of the environmental practices and impact of media corporations, Greening the Media is one of the most important media books in years. Extremely readable and entertaining, this highly original and well-researched book should be mandatory reading for everyone with a cell phone or a flat-screen television." --Robert W. McChesney, coauthor of The Death and Life of American Journalism "Maxwell and Miller move with panache across historical epochs, keeping tabs on the media's impact on the environmental on several registers...Revelatory." --Afterimage "[An] impressive book...At just 165 pages, it is thoroughly researched and clearly structured. It's a surprisingly easy and engaging read. I would recommend it to all media educators." --Media Education Research Journal "Offers a new perspective on the rise of the information society. It seeks to temper our enthusiasm for the latest technological fads by illustrating their material consequences. The book will be of interest to those who study culture, media and communications, and the environment as well as to anyone owning a computer or smartphone." --Contemporary Sociology "An impressive example of ecologically-oriented interdisciplinary research, Greening the Media provides an important and necessary contribution to the communication and media studies fields...[Maxwell and Miller's] work should therefore become required reading for scholars of media technology, environmental communication, and global economic interaction, among other domains." --International Journal of Communication "There is real power in the book's presentation of carefully researched facts on the sheer scale of environmental destruction caused by media technology ...Greening the Media provides a model of green media studies at work." --Cultural Studies Review "The muckraking exposé Maxwell and Miller deliver...should be required reading for all who study media and its impact on our world -- as well as by all people who purchase, operate, dispose of, or fetishize ICT/CE devices, which means almost all of us." --Radical History Review
Les mer
Selling point: Identifies the media's complicity in environmental pollution, illustrating how information technology contributes to the global ecological crisis Selling point: Lays out a plan for change and sustainability in various media industries Selling point: Examines hot-button issues such as global-warming, cellphone safety, and technological waste
Les mer
Richard Maxwell is Professor and Chair of Media Studies at Queens College, City University of New York. Toby Miller is Distinguished Professor of Media & Cultural Studies at the University of California, Riverside.
Les mer
Selling point: Identifies the media's complicity in environmental pollution, illustrating how information technology contributes to the global ecological crisis Selling point: Lays out a plan for change and sustainability in various media industries Selling point: Examines hot-button issues such as global-warming, cellphone safety, and technological waste
Les mer

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780199914678
Publisert
2012
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press Inc
Vekt
528 gr
Høyde
163 mm
Bredde
239 mm
Dybde
15 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
256

Forfatter
Maxwell, Richard
Miller Toby

Om bidragsyterne

Richard Maxwell is professor and chair of Media Studies at Queens College, City University of New York. Toby Miller is Distinguished Professor of Media & Cultural Studies at the University of California Riverside and Director of the UC Study Abroad program in Mexico. In May 2012 he becomes Director of the City University of London's Centre for the Study of Cultural and Creative Industries.

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