Cultural Citizenship - Cosmopolitanism, Consumerism, And Television in a Neoliberal Age

Klappentext A lively, incisive view of what citizenship means today Zusammenfassung What does it mean to be a "citizen", in an age of unbridled consumerism, terrorism, militarism, and multinationalism? This book attempts to answer this question. It looks at media coverage of September 11th and the Iraq invasion as well as "infotainment" to see how US TV is serving its citizens as part of "the global commodity chain." Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. What is Cultural Citizenship?; 2. Television Terror-Being Ignorant! Living in Manhattan; 3. Television Food-From Brahmin Julia to Working-Class Emeril; 4. Television Weather-Tomorrow Will Be ... Risky and Disciplined; Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: Toby Miller
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.11.2006
• EAN: 9781592135608
• ISBN: 978-1-59213-560-8
• No. of pages: 236
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Soziologie: Sport und Freizeit, Medienwissenschaften