Media Spectacle (A Perspective on Contemporary American Socio-Cultural Aspects)

Author: [USA] Kellner, Douglas, translated by Shi Anbin
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Publish Date: 2003-12-01
Features: Douglas Kellner is one of the most influential cultural analysts of our time. He faithfully documents and powerfully critiques the inequalities brought about by the media capitalist system. As one of the most influential cultural analysts, Media Spectacle will become an authoritative analysis of this unprecedented "decade of chaos," and it itself is a spectacle! Through analyzing sensational events created by corporations, individuals, and governments using mass media as a channel, the book reveals the contradictions and crises inherent in contemporary American society to its readers. The author refers to events amplified by the media as "spectacles" and, based on this, proposes the theory of "Media Spectacle." Specifically, he selects cases from five major themes of media coverage—business, sports, crime, film and television, and politics—to thoroughly analyze the cultural connotations lying beneath the surface of media information. He also offers his own concerns and warnings about the future of humanity in the new millennium.