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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458140903321

Autore

Taylor Paul A. <1967->

Titolo

Critical theories of mass media : then and now / / Paul A. Taylor and Jan Ll. Harris

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Maidenhead, Berkshire, England ; ; New York, : McGraw Hill/Open University Press, 2008

©2008

ISBN

1-281-33128-7

0-335-23528-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (263 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HarrisJan Ll. <1969->

Disciplina

306

306.071

Soggetti

Mass media criticism

Mass media criticism - History

Mass media and culture

Mass media - Social aspects

Mass media - Objectivity

Popular culture

Popular culture - Philosophy

Popular culture - Study and teaching

Critical theory

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front cover; Title page; Half title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Content page; Acknowledgements; Chapter outlines; Introduction:Cultural populism and critical theory; Part 1: Then; Chapter1: Walter Benjamin's Work of art essay; Chapter 2: Siegfried Kracauer's mass ornament; Chapter 3: Theodor Adorno and the culture industry; Chapter 4: Marshall McLuhan's understanding of the media; Chapter 5: Guy Debord's society of the spectacle; Part 2: Now; Introduction to part 2; Chapter 6: The culture of celebrity; Chaptera 7: Banality TV: the democratization of celebrity



Chapter 8: The politics of banality: the ob-scene as the mis-en-sceneConclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Back cover

Sommario/riassunto

With the exception of occasional moral panics about the coarsening of public discourse, and the impact of advertising and television violence upon children, mass media tend to be viewed as a neutral or benign part of contemporary life. This book explores the relationship between the mass media and the dis-empowering nature of commodity culture.