Taylor, Paul A. <br/><br/>
Critical theories of mass media :   then and now 
/ Paul A. Taylor and Jan Ll Harris 
 - New Delhi :  McGraw Hill/Open University Press,   c2008. 
 - xi, 233, 12 p. ;  23 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliography (p. 223 - 233) and index 
<br/><br/><br/>Pt. 1. Then<br/>1. Walter Benjamin's 'Work of art' essay<br/>2. Siegfried Kracauer's mass ornament<br/>3. Theodor Adorno and the culture industry<br/>4. Marshall McLuhan's understanding of the media<br/>5. Guy Debord's Society of the Spectacle<br/>Pt. 2. Now<br/>6. culture of celebrity<br/>7. Banality TV: the democratization of celebrity<br/>8. politics of banality: the ob-scene as the mis-en-scene<br/> 
<br/><br/><br/>eng 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780070706774  TZS 29,900/= 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Popular culture<br/>Critical theory	<br/>Mass media and culture
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306.071 TAY