MediaSpeak: Three American VoicesThis book defines and analyzes the content, structure, and values of three predominant types of public discourse, which are labeled Doublespeak, Salespeak, and Sensationspeak. These media messages are examined to determine how they are constructed and how they influence individuals, ideology, and culture. Discussions are illustrated with a diverse range of examples from popular culture, magazines, Internet sites, politics, television, and film. Fox argues that the Information Age has replaced actual reality with representations of reality. He states that electronic media dominates our lives. Together, these three voices saturate media and technology, profoundly influencing American culture. Fox suggests specific strategies for recognizing and understanding these coded messages. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 28
... Chapter 1 , " Whitman's Ghost : MediaSpeak and American Voices , " an- swers some basic questions , such as , " What are voices and why are they important ? " and " Why American voices ? " The chapter also briefly de- scribes how our ...
... ( Chapter 6 , " Voices Entwined , " and Chapter 7 , " Media , Technology , and Culture Entwined " ) offer conclusions and recommendations . Chap- ter 6 focuses on how these three voices , as a whole , influence American culture . The ...
... chapter ( see " Are Sensationspeak and Real Vio- lence Linked ? " ) . Finally , and maybe most important , Sensationspeak functions as an extensive set of stories - a body of narrative or myth that shows us and tells us how to live and ...
Contents
Making Sense of MediaSpeak | 17 |
Doublespeak | 45 |
Salespeak | 87 |
Copyright | |
3 other sections not shown