Cultural Citizenship: Cosmopolitanism, Consumerism, and Television in a Neoliberal AgeTemple University Press, 2007 - 248 Seiten What does it mean to be a citizen today, in an age of unbridled consumerism, terrorism, militarism, and multinationalism? In this passionate and dazzling book, Toby Miller dares to answer this question with the depth of thought it deserves. Fast-moving and far-ranging, "Cultural Citizenship "blends fact, theory, observation, and speculation in a way that continually startles and engages the reader. Although he is unabashedly liberal in his politics, Miller is anything but narrow minded. He looks at media coverage of September 11th and the Iraq invasion as well as infotainmentOCosuch as Food and Weather channelsOCoto see how U.S. TV is serving its citizens as part of the global commodity chain. Repeatedly revealing the crushing grip of the invisible hand of television, Miller shows us what we have given up in our drive to acquire and to belong. For far too long, cultural citizenship has been a concept invoked without content. With the publication of this book, it has at last been given flesh and substance." |
Inhalt
| 1 | |
What Is Cultural Citizenship | 27 |
Television Terror Being Ignorant Living in Manhattan | 74 |
Television Food From Brahmin Julia to to WorkingClass | 112 |
Television Weather Tomorrow Will BeRisky and Diciplined | 144 |
Conclusion | 177 |
References | 181 |
| 229 | |
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
advertising Al Jazeera American Asian audience BBC News Online BBC Weather British Broadcasting Bush Minor cable capital century Chef claim climate change commercial commodity Communication consumer consumption cooking corporate coverage critical critique cultural citizenship cultural studies decades democracy democratic discourse dominant economic Economist environmental favor Food Network forecasts Geoffrey Lawrence Global South global warming human rights Hurricane Immigration impact individual industry International invasion of Iraq Iraqi Iron Chef Jazeera Journal journalists Julia Child Kymlicka labor Lewis liberal live London magazine major March McDonald's military million moral panic multiculturalism neoliberal offered percent Pew Research Center popular population production programs Project for Excellence quoted R-Word radio responsibility right-wing risk Science September 11 social society stories television terrorism thousand tion Trade U.S. media United University Press viewers Weather Channel White workers Yanqui York Zelizer
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Seite 3 - TV analysis, describing it as 'deeply threatening to traditional leftist views of commerce' because notions of active media consumption by fans were so close to the sovereign consumer beloved of the right: 'The cultural-studies mavens are betraying the leftist cause, lending support to the corporate enemy and even training graduate students who wind up doing market research.