Description |
xi, 308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-278) and index. |
Contents |
Introduction: "Worship at the Altar of Convergence": A New Paradigm for Understanding Media Change -- Spoiling Survivor: The Anatomy of a Knowledge Community -- Buying into American Idol: How We are Being Sold on Reality TV -- Searching for the Origami Unicorn: The Matrix and Transmedia Storytelling -- Quentin Tarantino's Star Wars?: Grassroots Creativity Meets the Media Industry -- Why Heather Can Write: Media Literacy and the Harry Potter Wars -- Photoshop for Democracy: The New Relationship Between Politics and Popular Culture -- Conclusion Democratizing Television?: The Politics of Participation. |
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 |
0814742815 cloth alkaline paper |
Standard No. |
9780814742815 |
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