The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture, Volume 18: Media - Softcover

 
9780807871430: The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture, Volume 18: Media
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0807871435 ISBN 13: 9780807871430
Publisher: University North Carolina Pr, 2011

Synopsis

This volume of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture examines how mass media have shaped popular perceptions of the South--and how the South has shaped the history of mass media. An introductory overview by Allison Graham and Sharon Monteith is followed by 40 thematic essays and 132 topical articles that examine major trends and seminal moments in film, television, radio, press, and Internet history. Among topics explored are the southern media boom, beginning with the Christian Broadcast Network and CNN; popular movies, television shows, and periodicals that have shaped ideas about the region, including Gone with the Wind, The Beverly Hillbillies, Roots, and Southern Living; and southern media celebrities such as Oprah Winfrey, Truman Capote, and Stephen Colbert. The volume details the media's involvement in southern history, from depictions of race in the movies to news coverage of the civil rights movement and Hurricane Katrina. Taken together, these entries reveal and comment on the ways in which mass media have influenced, maintained, and changed the idea of a culturally unique South.

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About the Author

Allison Graham is professor of communications at the University of Memphis.||Sharon Monteith is professor of American studies at the University of Nottingham

From the Back Cover

Volume 18 of "The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture" examines how mass media have shaped popular perceptions of the South--and how the South has shaped the history of mass media. An introductory overview by Allison Graham and Sharon Monteith is followed by 40 thematic essays and 132 topical articles that examine major trends and seminal moments in film, television, radio, press, and Internet history.

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Volume 18 of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture examines how mass media have shaped popular perceptions of the South--and how the South has shaped the history of mass media. An introductory overview by Allison Graham and Sharon Monteith is followed by 40 thematic essays and 132 topical articles that examine major trends and seminal moments in film, television, radio, press, and Internet history.

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Publisher
University North Carolina Pr
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0807871435
ISBN 13 
9780807871430
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
464
Editor
Wilson Charles Reagan