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Critical theories of mass media : then and now / Paul A. Taylor, Jan Ll. Harris

Main Author Taylor, Paul A. Coauthor Harris, Jan Ll. Publication Berkshire : Open University Press, 2009 Description xi, 112 p. ; 23 cm ISBN 9780335218110 Abstract Contents Chapter outlines Acknowledgements Introduction Part 1: Then 1. Walter Benjamin's 'work of art' essay 2. Siegfried Kracauer's mass ornament 3. Theodor Adorno and the culture industry 4. Marshall McLuhan's understanding of the media 5. Guy Debord's society of the spectacle Part 2: Now Introduction to part 2 6. The culture of celebrity 7. Banality TV: the democratization of celebrity 8. The politics of banality; the ob-scene as the mis-en-scène Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index Topical name Massas - Comunicação
Cultura popular
CDU 316.77
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Contents
Chapter outlines
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part 1: Then
1. Walter Benjamin's 'work of art' essay
2. Siegfried Kracauer's mass ornament
3. Theodor Adorno and the culture industry
4. Marshall McLuhan's understanding of the media
5. Guy Debord's society of the spectacle

Part 2: Now
Introduction to part 2
6. The culture of celebrity
7. Banality TV: the democratization of celebrity
8. The politics of banality; the ob-scene as the mis-en-scène
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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