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Media Spectacle and Insurrection, 2011: From the Arab Uprisings to Occupy Everywhere

Hardback

Main Details

Title Media Spectacle and Insurrection, 2011: From the Arab Uprisings to Occupy Everywhere
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Douglas Kellner
SeriesCritical Adventures in New Media
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:320
ISBN/Barcode 9781441160973
ClassificationsDewey:302.23
Audience
General
Undergraduate
Illustrations 15

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic USA
Publication Date 8 November 2012
Publication Country United States

Description

For the inaugural book in our Critical Adventures in New Media series, Douglas Kellner elaborates upon his well known theory which explores how media spectacle can be used as a key to interpreting contemporary culture and politics. Grounded in both cultural and communication theory, Kellner argues that politics, war, news and information, media events (like terrorist attacks or royal weddings), and now democratic uprisings, are currently organized around media spectacles, and demonstrates how and why this has occurred. Rooting the discussions within key events of 2011 - including the war in Libya, the Arab Uprisings, the wedding of William Windsor to Kate Middleton, the killing of Osama bin Laden, and the Occupy movements - The Time of the Spectacle makes a highly relevant contribution to the field of media and communication studies. It offers a fresh perspective on the theme of contemporary media spectacle and politics by adopting an approach that is based around critical social and cultural theory. This series gives students a strong critical grounding from which to examine new media.

Author Biography

Douglas Kellner is the George F. Kneller Philosophy of Education Chair, Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, at UCLA.

Reviews

Kellner's tracing of the narratives of major political events (principal among which are the Arab uprisings) definitely has strong merit. -- Oliver Boyd-Barrett, Bowling Green State University * Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly *