Is television a good thing? Yes! It is a key way that people keep up with the changes in the moral culture of modern societies. Not just the tricky ethical issues but the mundane mores which make social life possible. This book uses examples from television programmes - many that you will know and love - to argue that however 'bad' they might be, they show possible ways of living and behaving that audiences can reflect on. By thinking about television through the lens of phenomenology, what we see on the small screen shows us not simply how we should act, but gives us a wide range of possible ways of acting. It shows us what the consequences might be and leaves it up to us what we take from it. The flow of dynamic imagery provides a shared stock of ideas, a 'moral imaginary', that can help to sustain a society that has long outgrown the nation state.
- ISBN10 1137035552
- ISBN13 9781137035554
- Publish Date 31 August 2012 (first published 1 January 2012)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Palgrave Macmillan
- Format eBook
- Pages 248
- Language English