| Description |
x, 258 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-248) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Introduction : terror, media, popular culture, and everyday life in America. I. Theoretical concerns. New perspectives on popular culture and the public arts -- Teaching critical media analysis for pleasure and profit. II. Advertising. 1984 : the commercial -- Manufacturing desire. III. Humor. What's in a joke? : a microanalysis -- Eight scholars in search of an interpretation. IV. Comics. Not just kid's stuff -- Of mice and men : an introduction to mouse-ology -- The funnies are good for you! V. Television. Three media events -- Television as an instrument of terror II. VI. Film. The terminator -- Star wars as fairy tale. VII. Everyday life. Everyday eating in America -- Space as a sign system -- What Teva means. VIII. Comparative perspectives. Texts in contexts -- Is Thailand going Western? |
| Subject |
Mass media and culture -- United States.
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Mass media and culture. |
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United States. |
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Popular culture -- United States.
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Popular culture. |
| ISBN |
1560002263 alkaline paper |
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