Explores how popular novels, short stories, and television shows from the United States and Britain illustrate the positive effects of feminism and promote gender equity.

Traces the influence of the stock market on Americans' beliefs about politics.

Traces the circulation of Hollywood films in North Africa and the Middle East from the early twentieth century to the present.

Looks at how a group of aesthetically innovative independent films contested and imagined alternatives to urban planning in midcentury New York.

Explains why and how local critical reporting can exist in China despite the kinds of media control that are the hallmarks of authoritarian rule.

Develops a new kind of epistemological position that highlights virtue over more standard epistemological theories.

Uses Israel’s public diplomacy efforts during the second intifada (2000–2005) as a prime example of interactions between state security, diplomacy, and the media.

Examines an all too often neglected period of postwar British cinema and popular culture.

Investigates the cultural value of film violence.

Examines movie romance in light of our emotional bond to the actors and characters on screen.

Examines how the US media covers high-profile public policy issues in the context of competing claims about media bias.

Details how presidents utilize mass media to justify foreign policy objectives in the aftermath of 9/11.

A groundbreaking study of ten difficult years in the life of America's most important newspaper.

Explores how the suffering of African American women has been minimized and obscured in U.S. culture.

Explores the relationship between media and democracy against the broader background of globalization.

Argues that representational correctness can cause critics to miss the positive work that films and television shows can perform in reducing prejudice.

Studies the role of the media in shaping public perceptions of David Dinkins’ mayoral leadership.

Provides insight into the ritual lures and effects of mass media spectatorship, especially regarding the pleasures, risks, and purposes of violent display.

Confronts globalization and technology from philosophical perspectives.

Uses Hong Kong’s transfer from Britain to China to explore how media coverage is guided by ideological struggle.

Explores how we come to feel connected to those we have never met face-to-face.

Explores the historical evolution of Belgian cinema as well as its contemporary situation within the evolving contexts of global media and European unity.

Examines how peoples of other nations perceive the U.S., how media of other nations portray the U.S., and how exported media products impact the U.S. image around the world.

Cuts across perceptual psychology, art, television, film, literature, advertising, and political communication to give the reader critical insight into the holistic logic and emotional power of the images that dominate our lives.

Explores the cultural meanings of the swimsuit issue and shows how Sports Illustrated secures a large audience of men by creating a climate of hegemonic masculinity.

Although opinion leadership has been the subject of numerous studies, in areas ranging from politics to fashion and in many societies and cultures, The Influentials represents the first systematic analysis ...

This book calls for a way of reading and responding to the media culture that is more than passive reception. It argues for the fostering of critical citizenship as the key to engaging, debating, and ...