Media Nation brings together some of the most exciting voices in media and political history to present fresh perspectives on the role of mass media in the evolution of modern American politics. Together, these contributors offer a field-shaping work that aims to bring the media back to the center of scholarship modern American history.
The Urban Imagery ofJeffrey Thomas and Greg Staats The images of “two Iroquoian artists,Jeffrey Thomas and Greg Staats ... subvert dominant colonial and postcolonial narratives as well as visual representations ofFirst Nations peoples” ...
This book explores, for the first time, this relationship by means of a paradigmatic case of successful nation building: Malaysia.
vérité voyeurism, live videotape is absent or missing and, in its place, are dramatizations and recreations of the ... voyeurism thus purports to be nonfiction but remains one degree removed from the voyeurism of the video vérité genre.
Developed through a collaborative wiki, this book is a collection of information from social media experts and serves as an example of how social media impacts the way we provide and receive content.
... According to columnist David S. Broder , “ The one clear American policy revolution of [ the 1980s ] was engineered by Ronald Reagan when he came to power intent on reversing the almost half - century growth of the welfare state .
Citizenship Excess demonstrates that the evolution of the idea of citizenship in the United States and the political and cultural practices that define it are intricately intertwined with nativism.
This volume addresses these inter-linked aspects, and the innovative development of these structures and institutions.
As Jowett and O'Donnell ( 1999 : 6 ) define it , propaganda is the deliberate , systematic attempt to shape perceptions , manipulate cognitions , and direct behavior to achieve a response that furthers the desired intent of the ...
Explores the roots and causes of our increasingly voyeuristic society and argues against using the First Amendment to safeguard our right to peer into others' lives.
This book addresses cross-cultural representations of ethnic minority peoples by dominant society "outsiders" and indigenous self-representation in the context of the "New Media Nation." In doing so, it explores the...