Technologies of Truth - Cultural Citizenship and the Popular Media

In a complex and media-saturated world, what is the value of truth? Author Toby Miller provides a pithy examination of how television, magazines, film, and museums influence the way our society conceptualizes such issues as citizenship, democracy, nationhood, globalization, truth, and fiction. With a style that is spicy, personal, and full of incident, Miller turns the ephemera of everyday life into an entertaining critique of our times. Illustrated.

Summary

In a world ever more complex and media-saturated, what is the value of the truth? This text provides an examination of how television, magazines, film and museums influence the way our society conceptualizes such issues as citizenship, democracy, nationhood, globalization, truth and fiction.

Product details

• Authors: Miller, Toby Miller, Miller Toby
• Publisher: University Of Minnesota Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.01.1998
• EAN: 9780816629855
• ISBN: 978-0-8166-2985-5
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: Visible Evidence; Visible Evidence (Paperback); Visible Evidence S.; Visible Evidence
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries