Social problems in popular culture - Hardcover

Maratea, R. J.; Monahan, Brian

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 144732157X ISBN 13: 9781447321576

Publisher: Policy Press, 2016

Synopsis

Drawing on historical and topical examples, the authors apply an innovative theoretical framework to examine how facets of popular culture shape how we think about, and respond to, social issues. Deftly combining the fun of popular culture with a critical scholarly inquiry, this timely book Includes student features, evocative case studies and online material to show how our interactions with popular culture matter more than we think!

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Review:

"The best book for social problems if you want to connect with students who are immersed in popular culture."--David Altheide, Arizona State University, emeritus

"An original method of classifying the various ways social problems and popular culture intersect. Anyone who reads this book is likely to come away a more thoughtful consumer of all sorts of news and entertainment media."--Joel Best, University of Delaware

"Offering up-to-the-minute illustrations of cultural trends and accessible explanations of enduring sociological concepts, Maratea and Monahan deftly explore how corporations, politicians, advocates and activists use popular culture to shape the public's response to social problems."--Jared Del Rosso, University of Denver

"A fresh perspective on the construction of social problems, not found in traditional textbooks. Students from any major will find new and applicable ways of thinking about social problems in our culture and media."--Amie Levesque, University of Denver

About the Author:

R.J. Maratea is Visiting Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at Seton Hall University. His research focuses on the sociological implications of mass communication, with an emphasis on Internet technology, deviance, social control, and the construction of social reality. Brian Monahan is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology, Criminal Justice Program at Baldwin Wallace University. He is the author of The Shock of the News (NYU 2010) and several articles exploring how media represent crime and other social problems.

About this edition

• Publisher: Policy Press
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 144732157X
• ISBN 13: 9781447321576
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 160