Cultural Attractions/Cultural Distractions: Critical Literacy in Contemporary Contexts

by Libby Allison

This Popular Culture and Mass Media reader provides a range of readings and images from contemporary periodicals and more scholarly pieces about the role of mass media and technology in society. This text encourages readers to examine varying perspectives about attractions and distractions of today's popular culture, technology, and mass-mediated messages in their personal and social lives and come to their own conclusions. Readings and activities...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0137378181
• ISBN13: 9780137378180
• Release Date: November 1999
• Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
• Length: 321 Pages
• Weight: 2.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.0" x 9.0"