TY - BOOK AU - Stephens,Mitchell TI - The rise of the image, the fall of the word SN - 0195098293 : AV - PN1992.6 .S73 1998 PY - 1998/// CY - New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Television broadcasting KW - Social aspects KW - Television KW - Philosophy KW - Motion pictures KW - Visual communication N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [246]-253) and index N2 - Is it possible that some good might arise from the ashes of the printed word? Most emphatically yes, argues Mitchell Stephens, a professor of journalism, who asserts provocatively that the moving image is likely to make our thoughts not more feeble but more robust. 62 photos ER -