{"product_id":"drugs-media-robert-c-macdougall-9781441134929","title":"Drugs \u0026 Media: New Perspectives on Communication, Consumption, and Consciousness","description":"\u003cp\u003eWe have developed into a culture that is over-reliant upon pharmaceutical and recreational drugs; where drugs are incessantly advertised and promoted to us via our mass media. Like drugs, communication media alter the way we interact with the world; they direct our attention in various ways, sometimes enabling certain behaviors and experiences, and prohibiting others. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe contributors to this cutting-edge collection apply media ecological concepts to consider how drugs function as communication technologies; literally media in and for the human sensorium. In these essays, drugs are considered as communication media in a practical sense, not merely in the metaphorical way they tend to be discussed in the popular press. Media and drugs are thus conceived as communicative tools that enhance and\/or inhibit physical, social and symbolic experience - our ways of seeing and being in the world. Drugs \u0026amp; Media: New Perspectives on Communication, Consumption and Consciousness is the first book to examine this parallel, promoting a critical awareness of the significant impact of drugs and media on individuals, society and our wider human culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert C. Macdougall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1441134921\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781441134929\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Continuum\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/24\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.90d","brand":"Robert C. Macdougall","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48587760206079,"sku":"9781441134929","price":54.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/drugs-media-robert-c-macdougall-9781441134929","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}