ISBN:
9780415268288
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (207 p.)
Parallel Title:
Print version Media Spectacle
DDC:
302.230973
Keywords:
United States
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United States
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Through analysis of several media spectacles - including the O.J. Simpson, Elvis, the X-Files and the Clinton sex scandals - Kellner draws insights into media, journalism, the public sphere and politics in an era of new technologies
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface and acknowledgments; Media culture and the triumph of the spectacle; Commodity spectacle: McDonald's as global culture; The sports spectacle, Michael Jordan, and Nike; Megaspectacle: the O. J. Simpson murder trial; TV spectacle: aliens, conspiracies, and biotechnology in The X-Files; Presidential Politics, the Movie; References; Index;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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