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100	1		_aMcKibben, Bill.
245	1	4	_aThe age of missing information/ _cBill McKibben.
250			_aRandom House Trade Paperback ed.
260			_aNew York : _bRandom House Trade Paperbacks, _c2006.
300			_aviii, 265 p. : _bill. ; _c21 cm.
500			_aOriginally published: New York : Random House, 1992. With a new afterword.
500			_aImagine 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.
650		0	_aTelevision broadcasting _xSocial aspects _zUnited States.
650		0	_aPopular culture _zUnited States.
650		0	_aNature.
650		0	_aPhilosophy of nature.
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