A Technological Determinist Viewpoint of the Stanton-Staggers Conflict over "The Selling of the Pentagon" [electronic resource] : Print Man Versus Electronic Man / Myles P. Breen.
Media, specifically documentary films on television, profoundly affect both social structure and man's psychological percepts. The clash of views depicted is between "print man" (using U.S. Representative Harley Staggers as an example) and "electronic man" (portrayed as Fran...
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| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | Media, specifically documentary films on television, profoundly affect both social structure and man's psychological percepts. The clash of views depicted is between "print man" (using U.S. Representative Harley Staggers as an example) and "electronic man" (portrayed as Frank Stanton of CBS) centering on Stagger's objections to the CBS television documentary, "The Selling of the Pentagon." Evidence from Carpenter, Ong, Travers, Krugman, Hoban, and especially McLuhan, is used to support the argument that the nature of film (and TV) does not lend itself to the same evaluation applicable to print. Thus, a misunderstanding of the workings of the "grammar of filmic communication" leads to misapplied printlike societal expectations and goals. (CH) |
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| Item Description: | ERIC Document Number: ED075887. ERIC Note: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Speech Communication Assn. (Chicago, Illinois, December 1972). |
| Physical Description: | 18 p. |