Media Spectacle

During the mid-1990s, the O.J. Simpson murder trials dominated the media in the United States and were circulated throughout the world via global communications networks. The case became a spectacle of race, gender, class and violence, bringing in elements of domestic melodrama, crime drama and legal drama. According to this fascinating new book, the Simpson case was just one example of what the author calls 'media spectacle' - a form of media culture that puts contemporary dreams, nightmares, fantasies and values on display. Through the analysis of several such media spectacles - including Elvis, the X Files, Michael Jordan, and the Bill Clinton sex scandals - Doug Kellner draws out important insights into media, journalism, the public sphere and politics in an era of new technologies.

ISBN 041526829X   Pages 208 ISBN13 9780415268295 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd   Weight (grammes) 454 Imprint Routledge   Published in London Format Paperback   Height (mm) 235 Publication date 28 Nov 2002   Width (mm) 156 Library of Congress 2002068185   Spine width (mm) 12 DEWEY 302.230973   Academic level Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly DEWEY edition DC21

		Preface and acknowledgments
1		Media culture and the triumph of the spectacle		1
2		Commodity spectacle: McDonald's as global culture		34
3		The sports spectacle, Michael Jordan, and Nike		63
4		Megaspectacle: the O. J. Simpson murder trial		93
5		TV spectacle: aliens, conspiracies, and biotechnology in The X-Files		126
6		Presidential Politics, the Movie		160
		References		179
		Index		186

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