Opening and closing : strategies of information adaptation in society /
Orrin E. Klapp.
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1978.
- x, 226 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- The Arnold and Caroline Rose monograph series of the American Sociological Association .
- The Arnold and Caroline Rose monograph series in sociology. .
Contents;
1. Social noise A broader conception of noise How, when, why, and to whom is noise a problem?
2. Opening and closing in open societies A natural rhythm The information game of opening and closing
3. The feast of the media Information hunger The advancing wave Fading indigenous signals The media flood
4. When information turns into noise Information overload Coping with information overload Societal lags and the absurdity of systems Some hypotheses about social noise
5. Entropic communication The great slide Contagions Bewitchment Bad guys Modeling noise etc.
6. Good redundancy: Identity as playback Lost past Uses of redundancy Lack of reinforcement Banality as noise Critique of modernism
7. Theory of opening and closing Ingrouping The communication Discovery is closure The game of life Information imbalance Strategies of coping
8. Movements and possibilities Human scale The monk's solution Mosaic of life-styles: A pattern for tomorrow? The surge of new religions: Who is the guru? Conclusion
Bibliography : p. 207-220 . _ Index : p. 221-226.
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Communication--Social aspects. Communication--Psychological aspects. Stress (Psychology). Information theory.