Cultural Citizenship: Cosmopolitanism, Consumerism, and Television in a Neoliberal Age - Softcover

Miller, Toby

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1592135617 ISBN 13: 9781592135615

Publisher: Temple University Press, 2006

Synopsis

What does it mean to be a 'citizen', in an age of unbridled consumerism, terrorism, militarism, and multinationalism? This book looks at media coverage of September 11th and the Iraq invasion as well as 'infotainment' to see how US TV is serving its citizens as part of 'the global commodity chain.'

About this title

About the Author:

Toby Miller is a British-Australian-US interdisciplinary social scientist. He is the author and editor of over 30 books, has published essays in more than 100 journals and edited collections, and is a frequent guest commentator on television and radio programs. His teaching and research cover the media, sports, labor, gender, race, citizenship, politics, and cultural policy, as well as the success of Hollywood overseas and the adverse effects of electronic waste. Miller's work has been translated into Chinese, Japanese, Swedish, German, Turkish, Spanish and Portuguese. He has been Media Scholar in Residence at Sarai, the Centrefor the Study of Developing Societies in India, Becker Lecturer at the University of Iowa, a Queensland Smart Returns Fellow in Australia, Honorary Professor at the Center for Critical and Cultural Studies, University of Queensland, CanWest Visiting Fellow at the Alberta Global Forum in Canada, and an International Research collaborator at the Centre for Cultural Research in Australia.

Review:

"Cultural Citizenship is a brilliant and original treatise on citizenship and consumerism. It provides original and compelling perspectives on citizenship and a strong critique of how obsession with consumption has displaced concern for politics and citizenship in the U.S. (and elsewhere)... A model of a passionate and political cultural studies that engages key issues of the present moment." -Douglas Kellner, University of California, Los Angeles "Miller elegantly maps conceptions of 'cultural citizenship' across liberalism, cultural studies, area studies, and other domains, only to demonstrate that none suffice to address commercial television's abject failure to provide adequate reporting on fundamental issues and the U.S.'s 'major influences around the globe.'...Cultural Citizenship is a thought-provoking demonstration of what cultural studies can and should be at its politicized best." The International Journal of Communication "Miller provides a wealth of material exposing the commodifying and consumerizing effects of media." Choice "There's an impressive range of research and detail in this book." Media International Australia "This is a refreshing read, it is passionate and informed and offers a disturbing insight into some aspects of US society. Detractors will hate it and supporters will love it, while for those undecided on the role of media in society, reading this should be obligatory. Miller definitely offers some rich food for thought." The European Journal of Communication "Interesting and thought-provoking...many sections will be controversial." Multicultural Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1592135617
• ISBN 13: 9781592135615
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 248