Media, culture, and morality / Keith Tester. [print]
Material type: TextPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, (c)1994.Description: 138 pages ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- HM101.T343.M435 1994
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"Major and terrible events are happening in the world. They are daily reported in the media and yet most people seem to remain unmoved and uncaring. Are the media themselves responsible for this lack of care? Meanwhile, thanks to the emergence and popularity of cultural studies, the media are being studied as never before. But why is that study so often trivial and lacking in moral seriousness? Is the discipline of cultural studies part of the problem rather than, as it would have us believe, the answer? This book poses these questions and encourages reflection on why, for example, advertisements for coffee inspire more discussion than do famines. The book takes aim at the empty heart of cultural studies and argues that the study of the media can only be culturally valuable and morally worthwhile if it remembers the lessons taught by sociology. This is an accessible and controversial book which is bound to inspire debate amongst students and commentators on the media."--BOOK JACKET.
1. The problem of cultural studies -- 2. The culture industry -- 3. The audience -- 4. The media and morality -- 5. The silence.
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