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The Gray Area with Sean Illing cover image

Nicholas Carr on deep reading and digital thinking

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

CHAPTER

The Impact of Communication Mediums on Individualism and Perception

This chapter examines the influential idea that communication mediums shape our thoughts and behaviors more than the content itself. Using the printing press as a key example, it discusses how societal dynamics shifted towards individualism and the consequent feelings of alienation from community and nature.

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