{"product_id":"slow-media-why-slow-is-satisfying-sustainable-and-smart-paperback","title":"Slow Media: Why Slow Is Satisfying, Sustainable, and Smart - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJennifer Rauch\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToday we recognize that we have a different relationship to media technology--and to information more broadly--than we had even five years ago. We are connected to the news media, to our jobs, and to each other, 24 hours a day. But many people have found their mediated lives to be too fast, too digital, too disposable, and too distracted. This group--which includes many technologists and young people--believes that current practices of digital media production and consumption are unsustainable, and works to promote alternate ways of living. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUntil recently, sustainable media practices have been mostly overlooked, or thought of as a counterculture. But, as Jennifer Rauch argues in this book, the concept of sustainable media has taken hold and continues to gain momentum. Slow media is not merely a lifestyle choice, she argues, but has potentially great implications for our communities and for the natural world. In eight chapters, Rauch offers a model of sustainable media that is slow, green, and mindful. She examines the principles of the Slow Food movement--humanism, localism, simplicity, self-reliance, and fairness--and applies them to the use and production of media. Challenging the perception that digital media is necessarily eco-friendly, she examines green media, which offers an alternative to a current commodities system that produces electronic waste and promotes consumption of nonrenewable resources. Lastly, she draws attention to mindfulness in media practice--\"mindful emailing\" or \"contemplative computing,\" for example--arguing that media has significant impacts on human health and psychological wellbeing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eSlow Media\u003c\/em\u003e will ultimately help readers understand the complex and surprising relationships between everyday media choices, human well-being, and the natural world. It has the potential to transform the way we produce and use media by nurturing a media ecosystem that is more satisfying for people, and more sustainable for the planet.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJennifer Rauch\u003c\/strong\u003e is an award-winning writer, educator, and researcher whose work focuses on alternative media, media activism, and popular culture. She is author of the Slow Media blog, two book chapters, and a dozen scholarly articles. She has talked about Slow Media, digital detox, and unplugging in the press worldwide, including NPR's Marketplace, \u003cem\u003eThe Huffington Post, \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eMedium\u003c\/em\u003e, Radio National (Australia), \u003cem\u003eThe Daily Beast\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eLa Presse\u003c\/em\u003e (Montreal). Dr. Rauch serves as Professor of Journalism and Communication Studies at Long Island University Brooklyn, where she is a judge of the Polk Awards for excellence in journalism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 6.2 x 9.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 26, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51784949956896,"sku":"9780197626023","price":61.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e8e9c8fadfc82781a8162602d3944666.webp?v=1780610110","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/slow-media-why-slow-is-satisfying-sustainable-and-smart-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}