- Taschenbuch: 248 Seiten
- Verlag: Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S.; Auflage: 1 (November 2001)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0664501931
- ISBN-13: 978-0664501938
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 25,1 x 17,8 x 2,8 cm
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"In a culture so dominated by the image, it's alarming how visually illiterate most of us are. Watching What We Watch promises to educate our vision and alert us to the values underlying popular TV shows... It's been said that 'television shapes our souls'. Watching What We Watch offers a compelling examination of how this potentially catastrophic metamorphosis happens, and what we can do to resist it... It has been estimated, an average viewer devotes some eight years over a lifetime to gazing at the small screen, this book will help ensure that these are not wasted years. It should be required reading for all of us." Chris Arthur, Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies, University of Wales
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A provocative look at how popular TV programmes shape and influence our moral and spiritual outlook, "Watching What We Watch" attempts to educate our vision and alert us to the values underlying popular TV shows. It has been estimated that an average viewer devotes some eight years over a lifetime to gazing at a TV - this text helps to ensure that these are not wasted years. Combining the expertise of scholars in the fields of theology, communications and visual literacy, this text aims to help viewers develop a more informed awareness of how TV can affect their lives - for good or ill.
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20. August 2010
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Everything that we experience in our lives is an opportunity to experience the Living Presence of God--only if we are open to the Divine Encounter! In watching some of the prime-time television shows presented in "Watching What We Watch: Prime-Time Television Through the Lend of Faith," students are amazed at the encounters with God they experience, and are surprised at how they find God in some of the most difficult situations.
Let's face it--today's students have access to so much technology, that technology practically directs their lives, what with computers and all the social networking options available, iPods, iPads, television, music, and so on. Through the examples provided in this book, students can use the technology they are familiar with to hear the voice of God. Who would have known that through television shows such as "Will and Grace" and the "Simpsons" that students would experience God through such life-giving episodes as redemption, sacrifice, forgiveness, mercy, trust, faith, hope, and love of neighbor. And what a wonderful thing to happen when the students begin discussing other "God moments" in the same episode, or some other show they viewed the previous day! That's when it all happens--they begin to experience God in ALL aspects of their lives!
I highly recommend this book for those very reasons!
Let's face it--today's students have access to so much technology, that technology practically directs their lives, what with computers and all the social networking options available, iPods, iPads, television, music, and so on. Through the examples provided in this book, students can use the technology they are familiar with to hear the voice of God. Who would have known that through television shows such as "Will and Grace" and the "Simpsons" that students would experience God through such life-giving episodes as redemption, sacrifice, forgiveness, mercy, trust, faith, hope, and love of neighbor. And what a wonderful thing to happen when the students begin discussing other "God moments" in the same episode, or some other show they viewed the previous day! That's when it all happens--they begin to experience God in ALL aspects of their lives!
I highly recommend this book for those very reasons!
Loaded with discussion/conversation material
4. Dezember 2002
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"Watching What We Watch" is very readable, thought-provoking, and topical. The authors have put together a model for how to watch television, offering an insights that are sure to prompt discussion. From "The Simpsons" to "ER", from "Moesha" to "Will and Grace," the book gave me pause, asking questions about where God fit into my viewing habits. I passed this book along to our Discussion Group at church, with the strong recommendation that we use a chapter (or two) as a springboard for talking about spirituality and the media.
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8. Dezember 2001
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"Watching What We Watch deconstructs the magic of television and shows us how the creators of programming do their tricks and why they do them. With this knowledge we can apply of own 'lens of faith' to the magic lantern of television."
--Michael Rhodes, television and film producer
--Michael Rhodes, television and film producer
"A useful guide from a principled point of view for coming to grips with the TV ritual."
--George Gerbner, Dean Emeritus, The Annenberg School of
Communications, University of Pennsylvania
"Television is a sizeable part of everyday life in America. This book shows provocatively, why and how television might be an important part of our everyday faith."
--Tom Beaudoin, author of "Virtual Faith: Irreverant Spiritual Quest of Generation X
"This is an engaging and throughly researched volume which brings together scholars in the fields of theological study, communication, and visual literacy in a compelling and easy-to- read volume."
--Jeffrey H. Mahan, Professor of Ministry, Media and Culture, Iliff School of Theology
"The value of 'Watching What We Watch' is that it makes us sit up and take notice of the cognitive and spiritual impact of even the most apparently trivial program. It has been estimated that the average viewer devotes eight years over a lifetime to gazing at the small screen, this book will help ensure that these are not wasted years."
--Chris Arthur, Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies, University of Wales
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