In a message dated Tue, 19 Mar 2002 6:36:04 PM Eastern Standard Time, sixties@lists.village.virginia.edu writes:
<< Todd Gitlin is the author of, most recently, "Media Unlimited: How the Torrent of Images and Sounds Overwhelms Our Lives.">>
I haven't seen this book by Gitlin, but the title
suggests that it might be tangential to my concerns
about noise pollution and a syndrome I propose to
call Audio Stimulus Dependency Disorder (ASDD).
It could also be called noise addiction, but some
might quibble with that label, since no substance
is involved.
There are many people in our society, particularly
those born since 1960, who had such an enormous
dose of stimulus from TVs, stereos, and radios
during their childhood and adolescence that they
normalized the experience of continuing presence
of media devices and now manifest discomfort in
their absence.
My defense of the proposal that mental health
professionals recognize ASDD is here:
http://members.aol.com/mpwright9/noise.html
-- Michael Wright
Norman, Oklahoma
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