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Culture in the Communication Age (Comedia)

By James Lull

Book information

Year
2000
ISBN
0415221161, 9780415221160
Open Library ID
OL7487106M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2172898 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
240\241
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

What does it mean to live in the Communication Age? What has happened to culture in the Communication Age? What is the nature of culture today?Culture in the Communication Age brings together some of the world's leading thinkers from a range of academic disciplines to discuss what 'culture' means in the modern era. They describe key features of cultural life in the 'communication age', and consider the cultural implications of the rise of global communication, mass media, information technology, and popular culture. Individual chapters consider:* Cultures of the mind * Rethinking culture in a global context * Re-thinking Culture, from 'ways of life' to 'lifestyle' * Gender and Culture * Popular Culture and Media Spectacles * Visual Culture * Star Culture * Computers, the Internet and Virtual Cultures * Superculture in the Communication Age

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