Connecting social problems and popular culture : why media is not the answer / Karen Sternheimer.
By: Sternheimer, Karen
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TextPublisher: Boulder, CO : Westview Press, c2010Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-306) and index.Description: x, 322 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9780813344171 (alk. paper); 0813344174 (alk. paper).Subject(s): Mass media -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States | Popular culture -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States | Mass media and culture -- United States | Social problems -- United StatesDDC classification: 302.23 | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 302.23 St459 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003716644 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-306) and index.
Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Media phobia : why blaming popular culture for causing social problems is a problem -- Media phobia #1. Popular culture is dumbing down America -- Media phobia #2. Popular culture is ruining childhood -- Media phobia #3. Media violence causes real violence -- Media phobia #4. Popular culture promotes teen sex -- Media phobia #5. Popular culture promotes teen pregnancy and single parenthood -- Media phobia #6. Popular culture makes kids more materialistic than ever -- Media phobia #7. Popular culture may be hazardous to your health -- Media phobia #8. Popular culture promotes substance abuse -- Media phobia #9. Rap music promotes misogyny, homophobia, and racism -- Conclusion. Understanding social problems beyond popular culture : why inequality matters -- Selected bibliography -- Index.
Is violence on the streets caused by violence in video games? Do hip-hop lyrics increase misogynistic and homophobic behavior? Are teens promiscuous because of what they see in movies? Popular culture is an easy answer for many of society's problems, but it is almost always the wrong answer. This innovative book goes beyond the news-grabbing headlines claiming that popular culture is public enemy number one to consider what really causes the social problems we are most concerned about. The sobering fact is that the roots of poverty, child abuse, and unequal public education are much more complicated than the media-made-them-do-it explanations. Karen Sternheimer deftly illustrates how welfare "eform," a two-tiered health care system, and other difficult systemic issues have far more to do with our contemporary social problems than Grand Theft Auto or 50 Cent.
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