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The Integrated News Spectacle

A Political Economy of Cultural Performance

by James R. Compton (Author)
©2004 Textbook XIV, 246 Pages
Series: Media and Culture, Volume 6

Summary

The Integrated News Spectacle examines the rational organization of control of popular news forms. It uses spectacular media events – such as the mourning of Princess Diana, the Monica Lewinsky presidential scandal, and the Gulf wars of 1991 and 2003 – as entry points into a discussion of the broader context surrounding an integrated system of commodity production, distribution and exchange.
James R. Compton critiques the generally accepted notion of tabloidization associated with media spectacles, and situates these dramatic narratives within a broad historical context. Drawing on the work of Guy Debord, David Harvey, and Pierre Bourdieu, this book explains how the power relationships associated with media events can best be comprehended by revealing the practical application of the logic of spectacle – a logic characterized by the transposable circulation and promotion of cultural commodities.

Details

Pages
XIV, 246
Publication Year
2004
ISBN (Softcover)
9780820470702
Language
English
Keywords
USA Massenmedien Sensationsjournalismus
Published
New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, Oxford, Wien, 2004. XIV, 246 pp.

Biographical notes

James R. Compton (Author)

The Author: James R. Compton is Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Information and Media Studies at the University of Western Ontario. He received his Ph.D. in communication from Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, and is a former reporter and editor with Canadian Press/Broadcast News in Vancouver, B.C. He has published work on the public journalism movement in the journal of Journalism Studies.

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