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All that trash.(Review)(Book Review)
ALMOST 20 years ago, Allan Bloom pointed out in The Closing of the American Mind that few of us would make room on the living-room sofa for a guest who discussed or enacted the sexual raunch, incessant violence and just plain, dumb nastiness that are regularly featured in television programs. For all its noxiousness, of course, TV was and is routinely invited into living rooms across America. While criticism of pop culture's more pernicious aspects has in the meantime gained strength, so too, has pop culture's toxicity, with cable television, the pop music industry, the Internet, and video games expanding the reach--and depths--of the media cesspool exponentially.
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- Boob-tube babies.(Books)(Kid Stuff: Marketing Sex and Violence to America's...
- Magazine article from: Commonweal Whitehead, Barbara Dafoe February 27, 2004 700+ words
Kid Stuff Marketing Sex and Violence...the Media The Truth about Pop Culture's Influence on Children...over-arching theme of Kid Stuff. In it, contributors from...What the contributors to Kid Stuff bring to bear on Postman...
- Kid stuff: raising children in a consumer culture.(Book Review)
- Magazine article from: The Christian Century Daniel, Lillian January 11, 2005 700+ words
...Hostile Takeover of Childhood. By Susan Linn. New Press, 304 pp)., $24.95. It's Not the Media: The Truth About Pop Culture's Influence on Children. By Karen Sternheimer. Westview Press, 288 pp., $26.00. The Cute and the Cool: Wondrous...
- Libraries add more kid stuff.(General News)(Eugene's facility joins the trend...
- Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) December 31, 2003 700+ words
...and they find out what other resources we have." The New York Times has crowned household video games the new king of pop culture, but libraries aren't having trouble competing for kids' affections, said Cynthia Richey, president of the Chicago...
- Calling All Pop Culture Experts: Pop Culture IQ Exam to Determine 'Wildcard'...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire March 9, 2006 700+ words
...On Wednesday, March 29, pop culture fanatics throughout the country...competition, "The World Series of Pop Culture". VH1 and Entertainment Weekly...hosting an online qualifying "Pop Culture IQ" (PCIQ) exam on Wednesday...
- VH1 and Entertainment Weekly Join Forces and Put America's Pop Culture...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire January 23, 2006 700+ words
Nationwide Search for Experts in Pop Culture Trivia From the Executive Producer...more when they test the country's pop culture savvy with the new original series "The World Series of Pop Culture." From the executive producer of...
- VH1 and Entertainment Weekly are Back With Season Two of the Ultimate Pop...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire June 25, 2007 700+ words
...again to challenge America on their pop culture savvy for VH1's original series "The 2007 World Series of Pop Culture." Presented by Alltel Wireless...Millionaire," "The 2007 World Series of Pop Culture" is the ultimate pop culture competition...
- Spend Valentine's Day With Your One True Love ... Pop Culture!
- Press release article from: PR Newswire February 12, 2007 700+ words
...Season of 'The 2007 World Series of Pop Culture' Online Qualifying Exam to Take Place...plans will be slightly delayed, while pop culture fanatics throughout the country test...competition, "The 2007 World Series of Pop Culture." The online "Pop Culture IQ...
- Don't reject pop culture: Just fold and spindle it to suit...
- Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) Tillotson, Kristin December 26, 1999 700+ words
...with you? Kidding. I'm not tired of pop culture, period. What I'm tired of is the...however, of the automatic dissing of pop culture. The term, even standing innocently...pejoratives than considered analysis. Pop culture, sniff self-styled elitists, is...
