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James H. Wittebols is a professor of Political Science at the University of Windsor. Prior to that he taught as a professor of Communication Studies at Niagara University. He holds a Ph.D in Sociology from Washington State University and has a Bachelors degree in Journalism and sociology from Central Michigan University. His research on the news media has appeared in Political Communication and the Canadian Journal of Communication. In 1998, he published Watching M*A*S*H, Watching America: A Social History of the 1972-1983 Television Series (McFarland and Company). In 2004, he published The Soap Opera Paradigm: Television Programming and Corporate Priorities (Rowman and Littlefield). His current research focuses on the promotional culture industry
(4 comments) SHARE Monday, March 7, 2011 Letting go of our convenience ethic
Article discusses how our daily reliance on convenience contributes to environment degradation. Jackson Browne has recently written a song about plastic in the oceans--it is a call to action