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Ithaca : State University of New York Press, 2016

1 Online-Ressource (286 p)

Englisch

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Print version: Delaney, Tim : Lessons Learned from Popular Culture. - Ithaca : State University of New York Press,c2016

978-1-4384-6145-8

978-1-4384-6145-8 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

978-1-4384-6147-2 ( : 101.35 (3U),81.08 (1U))

Elektronische Ressource: Zugang über Aggregator-Datenbank (Lizenzangabe: Lizenzpflichtig)

P94.65.U6D47 2016

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LOC-SH: Electronic books ; Mass media and culture--United States

Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Chapter 1. An Introduction to Popular Culture -- Chapter 2. Movies and Popular Culture -- If Apes Evolved Instead of Humans: "Take your stinking paws off me, you damn dirty ape!" -- The Simpsons Movie: Sure We Lost a Glacier, but We Gained a Lake -- Apocalypse Now: Loving the Smell of Napalm in the Morning -- Undead and Loving It: What's So Bad about Being a Zombie? -- Pinocchio: "Give a Little Whistle" -- The Truman Show: "It's all real-it's just controlled" -- Chapter 3. Television and Popular Culture

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To Boldly Go: Star Trek as a Guide to the Future -- Columbo: "Just one more thing" -- Seinfeld: "I think I can sum up the show for you with one word: Nothing!" -- The Popularity of The Big Bang Theory: Giving Scientists and Nerds Some Love -- Commercials That Entertain Us: "Quick, get back, the commercials are about to begin" -- Infomercials: "But wait, there's more!" -- Chapter 4. Social Media and Popular Culture -- Facebook: Tracking Our Every Move -- The Popularity of Twitter: 60 Million Tweets a Day . . . and Counting