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9780820450117

Vulture Culture : The Politics and Pedagogy of Daytime Television Talk Shows

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  • ISBN13:

    9780820450117

  • ISBN10:

    0820450111

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2005-10-31
  • Publisher: Peter Lang Pub Inc
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Summary

Vulture Culture presents a new and complex way of thinking about daytime television talk shows. Vulture culture is the process by which the media scavenge the personal narratives and popular discourses that make up everyday knowledge and commonsens

Author Biography

Loubna H. Skalli, a former Professor at Ibn Tofail University, Morocco, teaches in the School of International Service at American University, Washington D.C. Kathalene A. Razzano is the Managing Editor of the Journal of Social Philosophy and Assistant Director for the Center of Global Ethics at George Mason University. Christine M. Quail is Assistant Professor of Mass Communication at the State University of New York College at Oneonta.

Table of Contents

Foreword ix
Rhonda Hammer
Douglas Kellner
Vulture Culture: An Introduction
1(10)
The Commercial Logic of Vulture Culture: How Corporate Media Shape Talk Show Culture
11(18)
The Commodification of Talk Show Culture
29(18)
Talking Sense: Common Sense and Expert Knowledge
47(26)
Electronic Carnival: Spectacularizing Talk
73(24)
Bodies Defined and Confined
97(36)
Admissible in a Court of Law: DNA, Paternity, and the Talk Show
133(26)
Conclusion
159(4)
Notes 163(18)
References 181

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