Titre : |
Consumer culture and the media : magazines in the public eye |
Type de document : |
e-book |
Auteurs : |
Mehita IQANI, Auteur |
Editeur : |
New York : PALGRAVE MACMILLAN |
Année de publication : |
2012 |
Importance : |
X ; 190 p. |
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : |
978-1-137-27213-3 |
Note générale : |
Bibliogr. p.173-185. Index. |
Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
Mots-clés candidats : |
Consumption (Economics) Social aspects. Consumer behavior Psychological aspects. Magazine covers Mass media Influence. MEDIA MEDIO DE COMUNICACIÓN CONSUMER CONSUMIDOR CONSOMMATEUR PRESS MAGAZINE PRENSA REVISTA PRESSE MAGAZINE |
Résumé : |
Consumer culture is synonymous with westernised societies. How did this particular ethic come to achieve so much success? This book argues that one reason is the seductive way in which it is promoted through the media. To demonstrate this, the book provides a detailed analysis of the case study of consumer magazine covers and argues that the ways magazines are displayed and sold in retail spaces, the literal glossiness of the texts, and the intertwined messages about sexiness, commodities and self-identity communicated by them combine to create a powerful and seductive advertisement for consumer culture. These strategies are not taken for granted, but questioned and put into the context of bigger scholarly debates about 'the public', 'power' and identity in neoliberal societies. |
Note de contenu : |
Acknowledgements
List of figures
Media in Consumer Culture: An Introduction
The Public, Identity and Power in Mediated Consumer Culture
A Research Approach for Mediated Consumer Culture
Media Retail Spaces as Multimodal Spectacles: The Case of the Newsstand
Glossiness in Hyperreal Celebrity Portraiture
Commodity Choice and Commercial Heteroglossia in Consumer Media
Sexiness and Selling: Consumerism's Pornographic Imagination
Paper Mirrors: Images of Ideal Consumers
Media Strategies for Selling Consumer Culture: a Conclusion
References
Index |
Nombre d'accès : |
2 |
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