Bob Trudeau writes:
> While there is some beginning of an
> attempt to explain the decline in associational life in Bowling Alone, there
> is a lot more in the sequel article, "The Strange Disappearance of Civic
> America," where the indicted, if not thoroughlyconvicted villain is
> television.
...
> In my classes, we've been able to turn these articles into good
> discussions of the degree to which good habits of the heart are necessary
> for democracy and the degree to which television (and other solitary
> technology, like the internet) is killing social capital.
Bob,
Do you or anyone else out there know where I can find this article?
I have thought about using "Bowling Alone" in my Media and Social
Justice course, but this sounds like it might be more appropriate.
One of the things I try to get across in this course is that violence
in the media, for example, is not primarily dangerous because it
happens to inspire a few people to commit copycat crimes or any of
the other such claims made by Dole and others for the evening news
soundbytes, but rather that violence in the media is dangerous
primarily because of the negative effect is has on our sense of
community and trust of our fellow citizens.
Thanks for your help.
Peace
Nick
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Center for Social Concern --Horace Mann
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