In Contrast to McLuhan's Views on Technology, ______ Argued That

question 50

Multiple Choice

In contrast to McLuhan's views on technology, ______ argued that television was the reason that there was a decline in the seriousness of public life by encouraging particular ways of thinking and speaking--undermining democracy.

• A) Seth Whiteland
• B) Benjamin Siegel
• C) Tony Hunt
• D) Neil Postman

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Definitions:

Anthropology

The scientific study of humans, human behavior, and societies in the past and present.

Latency Period

In psychoanalytic theory, a stage of psychosexual development in which sexual urges are repressed or dormant, typically occurring from about age five to puberty.

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