| Description |
xiv, 306 : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Critical studies in communication and in the cultural industries |
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Critical studies in communication and in the cultural industries.
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| Contents |
1. Advertising, Economics, and the Media -- 2. The Producers and Consumers of Nikes and Other Products... -- 3. Emotional Ties That Bind: Focus Groups, Psychoanalysis, and Consumer Culture -- 4. Postmodern Theory and Consumer Culture -- 5. Thirtysomething, Lifestyle Consumption, and Therapy -- 6. The Television Talk Show: From Democratic Potential to Pseudotherapy. The Crisis of Information. The Talk Show's Lost Potential -- 7. Cops on the Night Beat. "Reality"-Based Police Shows, Urban Community, and Criminal (In)Justice. Issues of Social Control: Voyeurism, Privacy, and the Culture of Surveillance -- 8. Advertising and the Persian Gulf War -- 9. Democratic Talk-Show Strategies and the Competing Narratives of the 1992 Presidential Election -- Conclusion: The Commercial Politics of Postmodern Television |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-293) and index |
| Subject |
Television advertising -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Television broadcasting -- Social aspects -- United States.
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| LC no. |
96122452 |
| ISBN |
0813315417 |
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0813315425 (paperback) |
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