ISBN:
0415221161
,
041522117X
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (ix, 230 p)
,
24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Comedia
Parallel Title:
Print version Culture in the Communication Age
DDC:
306
Keywords:
Culture
;
Communication and culture
;
Communication Social aspects
;
Social aspects
;
Electronic books
;
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Abstract:
Gathers leading contributors from the fields of communication, cultural studies, anthropology, media studies, sociology and psychology to provide a series of interdisciplinary perspectives on the meaning of 'culture' in contemporary society
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Contents; Notes on contributors; Introduction: Why the Communication Age? JAMES LULL; The foundations of culture; Culture of the mind: on the origins of meaning and emotion EDWARD C. STEWART; Rethinking the foundations of culture EDUARDO NEIVA; Thinking about culture in a global ecumene ULF HANNERZ; Making sense of culture; From ways of life to lifestyle: rethinking culture as ideology and sensibility DAVID C. CHANEY; The question of cultural gender MIRJA LIIKKANEN; Cultural fronts: towards a dialogical understanding of contemporary cultures JORGE A. GONZLEZ
Description / Table of Contents:
Superculture for the Communication Age JAMES LULLContemporary cultural forms; Cultural theory in popular culture and media spectacles MICHAEL REAL; Visual culture PAUL MESSARIS; Star culture STEPHEN HINERMAN; Computers, the Internet, and virtual cultures STEVE JONES AND STEPHANIE KUCKER; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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