by ThomasdeZengotita (Author)
Here is the world we think we know presented to us as if for the very first time. From oral sex in the Oval Office to cowboy politics, from Homer Simpson to O. J. Simpson, from Princess Diana's funeral to the aftermath of September 11, from reality TV to hip-hop nation, "Mediated" takes us on a provocative tour of our media-drunk society. It is a brilliantly satirical treatise on our culture - the real and unreal times in which we live, the cult of celebrity and our own narcissistic response to it. Read this book and nothing that you see or hear can any longer be taken for granted.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 304
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 15 Jan 2007
ISBN 10: 0747570868
ISBN 13: 9780747570868
Book Overview: Appealing general social theory - for fans of Alain de Botton Winner of the Marshall McLuhan Award as the year's Outstanding Book in the Field of Media Ecology given by the Media Ecology Association