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Using contemporary as well as archival sources, this text explores a series of questions: why has the Titanic disaster affected the way we think about ourselves; how has the media made it into a morality play and what impact has the story had on 20th-century communications

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Traces the origins, development, and consolidation of patriotic cultures in the United States from the latter half of the nineteenth century up to World War I, a period in which the country emerged as a modern nation-state.

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This volume spotlights the unique problems that often accompany a high-income lifestyle and offers guidelines that can help individuals avoid the pitfalls wealth may bring.

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Is it possible for foreign things to be perceived as local Transcultural things sets out to examine this seeming paradox, focusing on artefacts from the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

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Part of the "Technologies: Studies in Culture and Theory" series. Through a critical analysis of the widely accepted notion that technology speeds everything up, this book argues that there are only ever differences in speed. The question for us is how can such differences be represented

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Digital piracy, audio mashups, The Onion and Wikipedia are all examples of transgression in our current mediascape. This book addresses the multifaceted aspects of transgression in the digital age, from piracy to audio mashups.

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Through biographical sketches concerning several significant traumatic events, this title helps students and working reporters gain insights into the critical components of contemporary journalism practices affecting news judgment, news gathering techniques, as well as legal and ethical issues.

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Through biographical sketches concerning several significant traumatic events, this title helps students and working reporters gain insights into the critical components of contemporary journalism practices affecting news judgment, news gathering techniques, as well as legal and ethical issues.

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The election of Donald Trump and the great disruption in the news and social media.

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"Examines the rise of Donald Trump through the lens of new media landscapes and cultural shifts that have emerged since the 1980s, when Trump came to prominence"--

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Through these stories (both true and false), he sheds a revealing light on just what role these rumors play in contemporary societyand what role our society plays in regard to these rumors as well.

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Turkish immigration, art and narratives of home in France argues for a cultural, rather than a sociological or economic, approach to understanding how immigrants become part of their new country.

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Americans began the twentieth century standing in Europe's sartorial shadow, yet ended by outfitting the world in blue jeans, T-shirts and sneakers.

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The author of Canical Culture and Adcult analyzes the century in advertising, focusing on the great campaigns, from P.T. Barnum to the Nike's "Just Do It, and describing the dramatic influence of advertising on twentieth-century culture. Reprint. 12,500 first printing.

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The categories of racial and cultural groups follow the scheme of the 1990 U.S. Census, which provided the most detailed breakdown of race and ethnicity of the American population in the 200-year history of the census.

This sourcebook gives parallel treatment to each of these five census groups.

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This book is a comprehensive, historical bible on the subject of urban street dance and its influence on modern dance, hip hop, and pop culture.

Urban street dancewhich is now referred to across the globe as "break dance" or "hip-hop dance"was born 15 years prior to the hip hop movement.

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Introduces undergraduate students to concepts associated with the study of media fan culture.

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Introduces undergraduate students to concepts associated with the study of media fan culture.

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