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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated

ISBN-100195325206

ISBN-139780195325201

eBay Product ID (ePID)63855251

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Number of Pages288 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameGreening the Media

Publication Year2012

SubjectMedia Studies, Public Relations, Journalism

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaSocial Science, Language Arts & Disciplines, Business & Economics

AuthorRichard Maxwell, Toby Miller

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight14.1 Oz

Item Length9.1 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2011-035713

Dewey Edition23

Reviews"Someone once said that people should never go into the kitchen of a restaurant where they enjoy eating. Toby Miller and Richard Maxwell take us into the electronic media's kitchen, and the food will never taste the same again. In a brilliant, even stunning, expose of the environmental practices and impact of media corporations, Greening the Media is one of the most important media books in years. Extremely readable and entertaining, this highly original and well-researched book should be mandatory reading for everyone with a cell phone or a flat-screen television." --Robert W. McChesney, coauthor of The Death and Life of American Journalism "Maxwell and Miller move with panache across historical epochs, keeping tabs on the media's impact on the environmental on several registers...Revelatory." --Afterimage "[An] impressive book...At just 165 pages, it is thoroughly researched and clearly structured. It's a surprisingly easy and engaging read. I would recommend it to all media educators." --Media Education Research Journal "Offers a new perspective on the rise of the information society. It seeks to temper our enthusiasm for the latest technological fads by illustrating their material consequences. The book will be of interest to those who study culture, media and communications, and the environment as well as to anyone owning a computer or smartphone." --Contemporary Sociology "An impressive example of ecologically-oriented interdisciplinary research, Greening the Media provides an important and necessary contribution to the communication and media studies fields...[Maxwell and Miller's] work should therefore become required reading for scholars of media technology, environmental communication, and global economic interaction, among other domains." --International Journal of Communication, "Someone once said that people should never go into the kitchen of a restaurant where they enjoy eating. Toby Miller and Richard Maxwell take us into the electronic media's kitchen, and the food will never taste the same again. In a brilliant, even stunning, expose of the environmental practices and impact of media corporations, Greening the Media is one of the most important media books in years. Extremely readable and entertaining, this highly original and well-researched book should be mandatory reading for everyone with a cell phone or a flat-screen television." --Robert W. McChesney, coauthor of The Death and Life of American Journalism"Maxwell and Miller move with panache across historical epochs, keeping tabs on the media's impact on the environmental on several registers...Revelatory." --Afterimage"[An] impressive book...At just 165 pages, it is thoroughly researched and clearly structured. It's a surprisingly easy and engaging read. I would recommend it to all media educators." --Media Education Research Journal"Offers a new perspective on the rise of the information society. It seeks to temper our enthusiasm for the latest technological fads by illustrating their material consequences. The book will be of interest to those who study culture, media and communications, and the environment as well as to anyone owning a computer or smartphone." --Contemporary Sociology"An impressive example of ecologically-oriented interdisciplinary research, Greening the Media provides an important and necessary contribution to the communication and media studies fields...[Maxwell and Miller's] work should therefore become required reading for scholars of media technology, environmental communication, and global economic interaction, among other domains." --International Journal of Communication"There is real power in the book's presentation of carefully researched facts on the sheer scale of environmental destruction caused by media technology ...Greening the Media provides a model of green media studies at work." --Cultural Studies Review"The muckraking exposé Maxwell and Miller deliver...should be required reading for all who study media and its impact on our world -- as well as by all people who purchase, operate, dispose of, or fetishize ICT/CE devices, which means almost all of us." --Radical History Review, An impressive example of ecologically-oriented interdisciplinary research, Greening the Media provides an important and necessary contribution to the communication and media studies fields ... [Maxwell and Miller's] work should therefore become required reading for scholars of media technology, environmental communication, and global economic interaction, among other domains., "Someone once said that people should never go into the kitchen of a restaurant where they enjoy eating. Toby Miller and Richard Maxwell take us into the electronic media's kitchen, and the food will never taste the same again. In a brilliant, even stunning, expose of the environmental practices and impact of media corporations, Greening the Media is one of the most important media books in years. Extremely readable and entertaining, this highly original and well-researched book should be mandatory reading for everyone with a cell phone or a flat-screen television." --Robert W. McChesney, coauthor of The Death and Life of American Journalism "Maxwell and Miller move with panache across historical epochs, keeping tabs on the media's impact on the environmental on several registers...Revelatory." --Afterimage "[An] impressive book...At just 165 pages, it is thoroughly researched and clearly structured. It's a surprisingly easy and engaging read. I would recommend it to all media educators." --Media Education Research Journal "Offers a new perspective on the rise of the information society. It seeks to temper our enthusiasm for the latest technological fads by illustrating their material consequences. The book will be of interest to those who study culture, media and communications, and the environment as well as to anyone owning a computer or smartphone." --Contemporary Sociology "An impressive example of ecologically-oriented interdisciplinary research, Greening the Media provides an important and necessary contribution to the communication and media studies fields...[Maxwell and Miller's] work should therefore become required reading for scholars of media technology, environmental communication, and global economic interaction, among other domains." --International Journal of Communication "There is real power in the book's presentation of carefully researched facts on the sheer scale of environmental destruction caused by media technology ...Greening the Media provides a model of green media studies at work." --Cultural Studies Review "The muckraking expos Maxwell and Miller deliver...should be required reading for all who study media and its impact on our world -- as well as by all people who purchase, operate, dispose of, or fetishize ICT/CE devices, which means almost all of us." --Radical History Review, "Someone once said that people should never go into the kitchen of a restaurant where they enjoy eating. Toby Miller and Richard Maxwell take us into the electronic media's kitchen, and the food will never taste the same again. In a brilliant, even stunning, expose of the environmental practices and impact of media corporations, Greening the Media is one of the most important media books in years. Extremely readable and entertaining, this highly original and well-researched book should be mandatory reading for everyone with a cell phone or a flat-screen television." --Robert W. McChesney, coauthor of The Death and Life of American Journalism "Maxwell and Miller move with panache across historical epochs, keeping tabs on the media's impact on the environmental on several registers...Revelatory." --Afterimage "[An] impressive book...At just 165 pages, it is thoroughly researched and clearly structured. It's a surprisingly easy and engaging read. I would recommend it to all media educators." --Media Education Research Journal "Offers a new perspective on the rise of the information society. It seeks to temper our enthusiasm for the latest technological fads by illustrating their material consequences. The book will be of interest to those who study culture, media and communications, and the environment as well as to anyone owning a computer or smartphone." --Contemporary Sociology "An impressive example of ecologically-oriented interdisciplinary research, Greening the Media provides an important and necessary contribution to the communication and media studies fields...[Maxwell and Miller's] work should therefore become required reading for scholars of media technology, environmental communication, and global economic interaction, among other domains." --International Journal of Communication "There is real power in the book's presentation of carefully researched facts on the sheer scale of environmental destruction caused by media technology ...Greening the Media provides a model of green media studies at work." --Cultural Studies Review "The muckraking exposMaxwell and Miller deliver...should be required reading for all who study media and its impact on our world -- as well as by all people who purchase, operate, dispose of, or fetishize ICT/CE devices, which means almost all of us." --Radical History Review, "Someone once said that people should never go into the kitchen of a restaurant where they enjoy eating. Toby Miller and Richard Maxwell take us into the electronic media's kitchen, and the food will never taste the same again. In a brilliant, even stunning, expose of the environmental practices and impact of media corporations, Greening the Media is one of the most important media books in years. Extremely readable and entertaining, this highly original and well-researched book should be mandatory reading for everyone with a cell phone or a flat-screen television." --Robert W. McChesney, coauthor of The Death and Life of American Journalism "Maxwell and Miller move with panache across historical epochs, keeping tabs on the media's impact on the environmental on several registers...Revelatory." --Afterimage "[An] impressive book...At just 165 pages, it is thoroughly researched and clearly structured. It's a surprisingly easy and engaging read. I would recommend it to all media educators." --Media Education Research Journal "Offers a new perspective on the rise of the information society. It seeks to temper our enthusiasm for the latest technological fads by illustrating their material consequences. The book will be of interest to those who study culture, media and communications, and the environment as well as to anyone owning a computer or smartphone." --Contemporary Sociology "An impressive example of ecologically-oriented interdisciplinary research, Greening the Media provides an important and necessary contribution to the communication and media studies fields...[Maxwell and Miller's] work should therefore become required reading for scholars of media technology, environmental communication, and global economic interaction, among other domains." --International Journal of Communication "There is real power in the book's presentation of carefully researched facts on the sheer scale of environmental destruction caused by media technology ...Greening the Media provides a model of green media studies at work." --Cultural Studies Review "The muckraking exposé Maxwell and Miller deliver...should be required reading for all who study media and its impact on our world -- as well as by all people who purchase, operate, dispose of, or fetishize ICT/CE devices, which means almost all of us." --Radical History Review, "Someone once said that people should never go into the kitchen of a restaurant where they enjoy eating. Toby Miller and Richard Maxwell take us into the electronic media's kitchen, and the food will never taste the same again. In a brilliant, even stunning, expose of the environmental practices and impact of media corporations,Greening the Mediais one of the most important media books in years. Extremely readable and entertaining, this highly original and well-researched book should be mandatory reading for everyone with a cell phone or a flat-screen television." --Robert W. McChesney, coauthor ofThe Death and Life of American Journalism, As a brief, well-referenced work that pulls tohether many threads into one coherent picture, it is an excellent addition to any collection., "As a brief, well-referenced work that pulls tohether many threads into one coherent picture, it is an excellent addition to any collection." - P.L. Kantor, CHOICE"Greening the Media gathers evidence of a 'fascinating, infuriating, complex and contradictory historical relationship between media, environment and society'. From the first 'toxic drips and harmful puffs' noticed in the fifteenth century, Maxwell and Miller trace the environmental consequences of media and communications." - Jock Given, Media International Australia Journal

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal302.23

Table Of ContentAcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Consumers2. Words3. Screens4. Workers5. Bureaucrats6. CitizensConclusionBibliography

SynopsisGreening the Media rethinks media technologies from an ecological perspective, developing a new approach to historical and social analysis of information and communication technology., You will never look at your cell phone, TV, or computer the same way after reading this book. Maxwell and Miller not only reveal the dirty secrets that hide inside our beloved electronics; they also take apart the myths that have pushed these gadgets to the center of our lives. With an astounding array of economic, environmental and historical facts, Greening the Media debunks the idea that information and communication technologies (ITC) are clean and ecologically benign. In this compassionate and sharply argued book, the authors show how the physical reality of making, consuming, and discarding them is rife with toxic ingredients, poisonous working conditions, and hazardous waste. But all is not lost. As the title suggests, Maxwell and Miller dwell critically on these environmental problems in order to think creatively about ways to solve them. They enlist a range of potential allies in this effort to foster greener media-from green consumers to green citizens, with stops along the way to hear from exploited workers, celebrities, and assorted bureaucrats. Maxwell and Miller rethink the status of print and screen technologies from a perspective unique in media studies, one that enables them to open new lines of historical and social analysis of ICT, consumer electronics, and media production. This original and highly readable book is for anyone who marvels at the high tech goodies surrounding us and wonders "How have they been made?," "By whom?," "Where?," and "Under what conditions?", You will never look at your cell phone, TV, or computer the same way after reading this book. Greening the Media not only reveals the dirty secrets that hide inside our favorite electronic devices; it also takes apart the myths that have pushed these gadgets to the center of our lives. Marshaling an astounding array of economic, environmental, and historical facts, Maxwell and Miller debunk the idea that information and communication technologies (ICT) are clean and ecologically benign. The authors show how the physical reality of making, consuming, and discarding them is rife with toxic ingredients, poisonous working conditions, and hazardous waste. But all is not lost. As the title suggests, Maxwell and Miller dwell critically on these environmental problems in order to think creatively about ways to solve them. They enlist a range of potential allies in this effort to foster greener media--from green consumers to green citizens, with stops along the way to hear from exploited workers, celebrities, and assorted bureaucrats. Ultimately, Greening the Media rethinks the status of print and screen technologies, opening new lines of historical and social analysis of ICT, consumer electronics, and media production., You will never look at your cell phone, TV, or computer the same way after reading this book. Maxwell and Miller not only reveal the dirty secrets that hide inside our beloved electronics; they also take apart the myths that have pushed these gadgets to the center of our lives. With an astounding array of economic, environmental and historical facts, Greening the Media debunks the idea that information and communication technologies (ITC) are clean and ecologically benign. In this compassionate and sharply argued book, the authors show how the physical reality of making, consuming, and discarding them is rife with toxic ingredients, poisonous working conditions, and hazardous waste. But all is not lost. As the title suggests, Maxwell and Miller dwell critically on these environmental problems in order to think creatively about ways to solve them. They enlist a range of potential allies in this effort to foster greener media - from green consumers to green citizens, with stops along the way to hear from exploited workers, celebrities, and assorted bureaucrats. Maxwell and Miller rethink the status of print and screen technologies from a perspective unique in media studies, one that enables them to open new lines of historical and social analysis of ICT, consumer electronics, and media production. This original and highly readable book is for anyone who marvels at the high tech goodies surrounding us and wonders "How have they been made?," "By whom?," "Where?," and "Under what conditions?"

LC Classification NumberHM1206.M3759 2012