Popular culture, media, and narrative in daily life

Author: Arthur Asa Berger (USA)
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Publish Date: 2006-10-01
Features: Arthur Asa Berger's new work, Narrative in Popular Culture, Media, and Everyday Life, explains narrative theory and applies it to readers' experiences with popular media forms in their daily lives. Today, many social science researchers have a strong interest in narratology and the deep insights it provides into human behavior. This unique book helps readers understand narrative while striving to analyze it in an accessible and easy-to-understand way. Part of the book examines important narrative theories and techniques. The glossary in Chapter 4 lists definitions of key terms and concepts. The second part carefully considers narrative elements such as dreams, fairy tales, comic strips, television, novels, radio, film, and everyday life. Berger's use of a conversational style in the book and his insightful application of narrative techniques encourage readers to recognize how narrative shapes media and our perceptions of things.