LEADER 03195nam 22006973u 450 001 9910458140903321 005 20210510231549.0 010 $a1-281-33128-7 010 $a0-335-23528-X 035 $a(CKB)1000000000401814 035 $a(EBL)332731 035 $a(OCoLC)606483913 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC332731 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000401814 100 $a20130923d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 200 10$aCritical theories of mass media $ethen and now /$fPaul A. Taylor and Jan Ll. Harris 210 $aMaidenhead, Berkshire, England ;$aNew York $cMcGraw Hill/Open University Press$d2008 210 4$dİ2008 215 $a1 online resource (263 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-335-21811-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFront 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 327 $aChapter 8: The politics of banality: the ob-scene as the mis-en-sceneConclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Back cover 330 $aWith 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. 606 $aMass media criticism 606 $aMass media criticism$xHistory 606 $aMass media and culture 606 $aMass media$xSocial aspects 606 $aMass media$xObjectivity 606 $aPopular culture 606 $aPopular culture$xPhilosophy 606 $aPopular culture$xStudy and teaching 606 $aCritical theory 606 $aMass media and culture 606 $aPopular culture 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aMass media criticism. 615 0$aMass media criticism$xHistory. 615 0$aMass media and culture. 615 0$aMass media$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aMass media$xObjectivity. 615 0$aPopular culture. 615 0$aPopular culture$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aPopular culture$xStudy and teaching. 615 0$aCritical theory. 615 4$aMass media and culture. 615 4$aPopular culture. 676 $a306 676 $a306.071 700 $aTaylor$b Paul A.$f1967-$0888283 701 $aHarris$b Jan Ll.$f1969-$0922485 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910458140903321 996 $aCritical theories of mass media$92133458 997 $aUNINA