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Excerpt from What Reading Does to People: A Summary of Evidence on the Social Effects of Reading and a Statement of Problems for Research
A third stage is reached when the controversies have led to some program of social action, for example, the declara tion of a foreign war, which thereafter must be supported by all the pressures which the arts of public communication can bring to bear. Throughout this stage of the crisis the public communicator becomes or shares responsibility with the party organizer, or commander-in-chief, and both displace the business executive or man Of affairs as makers of social policy. Regardless of their competence to under stand the issues involved, and despite the mistakes they make by following their hunches instead of the available evidence, the individuals collectively responsible for mass communications in the public interest during periods of national crisis have autocratic power.
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A third stage is reached when the controversies have led to some program of social action, for example, the declara tion of a foreign war, which thereafter must be supported by all the pressures which the arts of public communication can bring to bear. Throughout this stage of the crisis the public communicator becomes or shares responsibility with the party organizer, or commander-in-chief, and both displace the business executive or man Of affairs as makers of social policy. Regardless of their competence to under stand the issues involved, and despite the mistakes they make by following their hunches instead of the available evidence, the individuals collectively responsible for mass communications in the public interest during periods of national crisis have autocratic power.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
Contributors
Author
Douglas Waples
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780266707349
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm
Page Count - 236
Paperback
Contributors
Author
Douglas Waples
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781332216970
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm
Page Count - 238
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