Nostalgic Generations and Media - Perception of Time and Available Meaning

Informationen zum Autor By Ryan Lizardi Klappentext This book explores contemporary media's reliance on nostalgia in video games, movies, streaming sites, and even social media in their attempt to attract audiences of all generations. The book is interdisciplinary in approach and looks at the implications of this mediated past-focus on our cultural identities and our perception of memory itself. Zusammenfassung This book explores contemporary media’s reliance on nostalgia in video games, movies, streaming sites, and even social media in their attempt to attract audiences of all generations. The book is interdisciplinary in approach and looks at the implications of this mediated past-focus on our cultural identities and our perception of memory itself. Inhaltsverzeichnis ContentsPrefaceChapter 1: Generations of NostalgiaChapter 2: The Dual Audience and Star WarsChapter 3: The Ultimate NES Remix of the PastChapter 4: Building Bricks of NostalgiaChapter 5: Same Story, Different SummerChapter 6: Surrogate ChildhoodsChapter 7: Stream-lining the PastChapter 8: The Now-stalgia of Social MediaConcluding RemarksReferencesAbout the Author

Product details

• Authors: Ryan Lizardi
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2017
• EAN: 9781498542029
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-4202-9
• No. of pages: 172
• Series: Communication Perspectives in Popular Culture; Communication Perspectives in; Communication Perspectives in Popular Culture
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries