ISBN:
0415544629
,
0415544637
,
9780415544627
,
9780415544634
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (x, 210 p)
,
ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Paranormal Media
DDC:
302.23
Keywords:
Parapsychology in mass media
;
Mass media and culture
;
Mass media and culture
Abstract:
Paranormal Media offers a unique, timely exploration of the extraordinary, unexplained and supernatural in popular culture, looking in unusual places in order to understand this phenomenon
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Figures; Acknowledgements; Picture acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Ordinary and extraordinary; Paranormal in popular culture; Social and cultural trends; Historical contexts; Researching the paranormal; Overview of the book; Notes; Chapter 2 Spirit histories; Historical spirit forms; Victorian spiritualism; Nineteenth-century popular culture; Multiple meanings; Conclusion; Chapter 3 Paranormal in popular culture; Paranormal beliefs; Paranormal trends; Spirit forms; Beyond death; Paranormal activities; Mind, body and spirit; Sceptics; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 4 Armchair ghost hunters
Description / Table of Contents:
Ghost hunting TVAudience as disbeliever; Audience as believer; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 5 Psychic tourists; Ghost tourism; Disquieting experiences; Ghost hunting with London Paranormal; Sensory journeys; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 6 Experiences; Crisis of evidence; Personal experiences; Mind, body and spirit; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 7 Beyond magic; Magical thinking; Derren Brown; The psychology of magic; Multiple realities; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 8 The audience is the show; The attentive audience; Producing beliefs; Participation; Conclusion; Note; Chapter 9 Transformative acts
Description / Table of Contents:
AudiencesOrdinary and extraordinary; Multiple meanings; Paranormal as lifestyle; Disquieting experiences; The centrality of ambiguity; Sensory journeys; Experiences; Psychological entertainment; The audience is the show; Multiple explanations; Fear of death; Feeling alive; Notes; Appendix Research process; Aims, objectives and general research questions; Recruitment and sample; Question design; Introduction; 1 Psychic Investigations; 2 Illusionism; 3 Beliefs; 4 Paranormal; Participant observation; Data analysis; References; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-205) and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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