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From: tom@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Thomas C Hajdu)
Newsgroups: sci.psychology
Subject: Re: Living in the 20th C
Message-ID: <1979@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Date: 6 Mar 88 00:33:10 GMT
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Reply-To: tom@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Thomas C Hajdu)
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In article <9266@ism780c.UUCP> jimh@ism780c.UUCP (Jim Hori) writes:
>In article <1887@physics.UUCP> greg@physics.UUCP (Greg Tusar) writes:
>>I too have noticed quite the same phenomena. Much to my own distress, I find that
>>I would rather watch the news on TV than actually sit down and read the paper. 
>>People tend to look for the more 'accessible', for lack of a better work, way of
>>obtaining information. It is yet another indication of the intellectual and cultural
>>decline of America - this kind of fast food approach to everything...
>>
>>-greg
>>
>
>That's why politicians are judged worthy of coverage
>based on their ability to provide 'sound bites' - i.e.
>short, catchy phrases - with content a neutral factor.
>
>About your attention span problems with TV info versus
>print media - my serious suggestion would be to get
>rid of the TV.


When I posted my original question about (schizophrenic/
post-structuralist/post-modern/??) perception I was
sort of hoping to hear about books that I might read that
refered to my experience: Mcluhan, Kroker, Chambers, Foster,
Kern, Venturi, Turkle, Lowe, Foucault, Eco come to mind
as writers who bounce off of these feelings in one
way or another.

If I'm off the mark in posting this question at this newsgroup,
please let me know. 

tom hajdu
music dept.
princeton university