Media Spectacle and Insurrection, 2011: From the Arab Uprisings to Occupy Everywhere

by Douglas Kellner

Book Overview

Douglas Kellner elaborates upon his well known theory which explores how media spectacle can be used as a key to interpreting contemporary culture and politics. Grounded in both cultural and communication theory, Kellner argues that politics, war, news and information, media events (like terrorist attacks or royal weddings), and now democratic uprisings, are currently organized around media spectacles, and demonstrates how and why this has occurred...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441102531
• ISBN13: 9781441102539
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"