Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television
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Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television (1978) is a book written by Jerry Mander which argues that there are a number of problems with the medium of television. Mander argues that many of the problems with television are inherent in the medium and technology itself, and thus cannot be reformed.
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See also
- Amusing Ourselves to Death, 1985 critique of television by Neil Postman
- History of television
- "Is Google Making Us Stupid?"
- Luddites as an example of a social movement which opposed specific applications of technology on political and social class grounds.
- Media psychology
- The Plug-In Drug, 1977 critique of television by Marie Winn
- Screen-Free Week
- Social aspects of television
- Television studies
- The Shallows
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