Communication and 'The Good Life'

Hua Wang

ISBN 10: 1433128551 / ISBN 13: 9781433128554

Published by Peter Lang, Peter Lang Apr 2015, 2015

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Neuware -What is a «good life» and how can it be achieved In this volume, communication scholars and media experts explore these fundamental questions about human existence and aspiration in terms of what a «good life» might look like in a contemporary, mediatized society. While in many ways a mediatized society brings us closer to some version of the «good life», it also leads us away from it. The affordances of new technologies seem to have shifted, for many, from an opportunity to an obligation. Rather than choosing when and where to be connected to these larger networks of information and acquaintances, we feel we must be permanently available, thus losing the luxury of controlling our time and attention. This volume illuminates the complexity of our modern era, exploring how society can leverage exciting new opportunities whilst recognizing the complex challenges we face in a time of constant change. It helps us understand how we have come to this point and where we may be going so that we may study the opportunities and the dangers, the chances and the risks, that digital media pose in our quest for some version of «the good life». 284 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Communication and 'The Good Life'
• Publisher: Peter Lang, Peter Lang Apr 2015
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1433128551
• ISBN 13: 9781433128554
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 225W x 150H x 16D millimeters 225 millimeters width by 150 millimeters height by 16 millimeters depth
• Weight: 403 grams

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Synopsis

What is a «good life» and how can it be achieved? In this volume, communication scholars and media experts explore these fundamental questions about human existence and aspiration in terms of what a «good life» might look like in a contemporary, mediatized society. While in many ways a mediatized society brings us closer to some version of the «good life», it also leads us away from it. The affordances of new technologies seem to have shifted, for many, from an opportunity to an obligation. Rather than choosing when and where to be connected to these larger networks of information and acquaintances, we feel we must be permanently available, thus losing the luxury of controlling our time and attention.
This volume illuminates the complexity of our modern era, exploring how society can leverage exciting new opportunities whilst recognizing the complex challenges we face in a time of constant change. It helps us understand how we have come to this point and where we may be going so that we may study the opportunities and the dangers, the chances and the risks, that digital media pose in our quest for some version of «the good life».

About the Author

Hua Wang (PhD, University of Southern California) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication and Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Community Health and Health Behavior at the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York.