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Title:
Popular culture / David Haugen and Susan Musser, book editors.
Author:
Haugen, David M., 1969-

Musser, Susan.
Publication Information:
Farmington Hills, MI : Greenhaven Press, c2011.
Call Number:
HM621 .P654 2011
Abstract:
This volume explores the topics relating to popular culture by presenting varied expert opinions that examine many of the different aspects that comprise these issues. The viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected and often hard-to-find sources and publications. Allows the reader to attain the higher-level critical thinking and reading skills that are essential in a culture of diverse and contradictory opinions.
ISBN:
9780737749809

9780737749816
Series:
Opposing viewpoints series

Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
Physical Description:
188 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents:
Blogging is journalism / Howard Owens -- Blogging is not journalism / Michael Skube -- Reality television has value / Michael Hirschorn -- Reality television has no value / James Wolcott -- Internet television will replace cable television / Bob X. Cringely -- YouTube will not replace television / Patrick West -- YouTube is beneficial to society / Mick O'Leary -- Twitter is a catalyst for meaningful change / Sarah Jaffe -- Twitter is a repository for mundane information / Andy Pemberton -- Violent video games are linked to real-world violence / Amanda Schaffer -- Violent video games are not linked to real-world violence / Torrey Meeks -- What video games can teach us about making students want to learn / James Paul Gee -- Television violence contributes to aggressive behavior in young people / Deborah A. Fisher -- Television violence does not contribute to aggressive behavior in young people / Jonathan Freedman -- U.S. pop culture exports are tarnishing the country's global image / Robert Royal -- Some countries remain resistant to U.S. pop culture exports / Tyler Cowen -- Europeans are adopting American pop culture's use of profanity / Elizabeth Lev -- American cultural exports are losing their global dominance / Richard Pells -- International anti-American sentiment has more to do with American power than American culture / Jessica C.E. Gienow-Hecht.
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