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03538aam a2200457 i 4500 001 68E38E289E3C11EE84E191EF36ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231219010058 008 220616t20232023ncu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2022028577 020 $a 1531025269 020 $a 9781531025267 035 $a (OCoLC)1343160682 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d CLU $d OCLCF $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a KF4772.Z9 $b C65 2023 100 1 $a Collins, Ronald K. L., $e author. 245 14 $a The death of discourse / $c by Ronald K. L. Collins, David M. Skover. 250 $a Third edition. 264 1 $a Durham, North Carolina : $b Carolina Academic Press, $c [2023] 300 $a xlix, 344 pages ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Book I: The paratroopers' paradox -- The Huxleyan crossing -- The Soma medium : its mechanics & messages -- A rearview mirror look at the First Amendment -- Wrestling with the paradox -- The First Amendment in bold relief : a "dialogue" -- Book II: Commerce & communication -- Commerce & its handmaiden : then & now -- Commercial communication & its consequences -- Commerce, communication & the Constitution -- Communication & the capitalist culture -- Absolut protection? : a "dialogue" -- Book III Discourse & intercourse -- The rise of the pornographic state -- The logic of the erotic -- Body politics & the ambivalent citizenry -- War & pleasure in pornutopia -- Rubber, reason & religion in pornutopia -- Respectable stories for an unrespectable state -- How worthy a tradition? : a "dialogue" -- Epilogue: Deliberate lies & deliberative democracy -- The discourse of death. 520 $a "This book explores one of the most disturbing intellectual dilemmas of our time - that our beloved First Amendment is being exploited in the name of the dumbing of America. It is the first book to examine the popular culture of the First Amendment, specifically with reference to television, advertising, and pornography. Comparing the culture of popular discourse with traditional First Amendment ideals, the authors expose the vast gap between our speech practices and our speech principles. Is the tyranny of the trivialization of discourse a problem? In a dialogue-like way, the authors invite their readers to judge"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Freedom of speech $z United States $v Popular works. 650 0 $a Freedom of speech $x Social aspects. 650 0 $a Mass media $z United States $x Language. 650 0 $a Popular culture $z United States $x Language. 650 7 $a Freedom of speech. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00934044 650 7 $a Freedom of speech $x Social aspects. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00934054 650 7 $a Mass media $x Language. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01011257 650 7 $a Popular culture $x Language. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01071364 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 655 7 $a Popular works. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423846 700 1 $a Skover, David M., $d 1951- $e author. 775 08 $i Revision of: $a Collins, Ronald K. L. $t Death of discourse. $b 2nd ed. $d Durham, N.C. : Carolina Academic Press, ââ2005 $z 1594600295 $w (OCoLC)56324232 $w (OCoLC)56324232 776 08 $i Online version: $a Collins, Ronald K. L. $t Death of discourse. $b Third edition. $d Durham, North Carolina : Carolina Academic Press, [2023] $z 9781531025274 $w (OCoLC)1343298984 $w (OCoLC)1343298984 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231219011536.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=68E38E289E3C11EE84E191EF36ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search