Communication overload and shallow participation mask genuine community uprooting

Evidence

Citizens now suffer in many areas from overloads of communication and over- doses of participation. We should address ourselves directly to the overriding problems: the uprooting of people from meaningful communities and the failure to organize politically around authentic issues. — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 569

Categorization

• XREF: Echoes critiques of information overload echoed in later digital-age scholarship. — connects to: Improved communication technology increases misunderstanding between groups — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 640; Communication technology serves group monopolies of knowledge, not community — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 599; Future-oriented discourse masks the loss of a genuine public sphere — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 765 (+9 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 569

Broader Connections

• Future-oriented discourse masks the loss of a genuine public sphere #corroborates (0.85) — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 765
• Communication technology serves group monopolies of knowledge, not community #corroborates (0.75) — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 599
• Improved communication technology increases misunderstanding between groups #qualifies (0.70) — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 640