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Consumer Culture and the Media: Magazines in the Public Eye
Mehita Iqani
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Description for Consumer Culture and the Media: Magazines in the Public Eye
Hardcover. How did consumer culture become synonymous with westernised societies? Iqani argues that it is the way it is promoted by media texts. She provides a detailed analysis of publicly displayed consumer magazine covers and engages with big questions about the public, power and identity in mediated consumer culture. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JFFT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
How did consumer culture become synonymous with westernised societies? Iqani argues that it is the way it is promoted by media texts. She provides a detailed analysis of publicly displayed consumer magazine covers and engages with big questions about the public, power and identity in mediated consumer culture.
How did consumer culture become synonymous with westernised societies? Iqani argues that it is the way it is promoted by media texts. She provides a detailed analysis of publicly displayed consumer magazine covers and engages with big questions about the public, power and identity in mediated consumer culture.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Number of Pages
190
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230303683
SKU
V9780230303683
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99-15
About Mehita Iqani
MEHITA IQANI is a senior lecturer in Media Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. She holds a PhD in Media and Communications from the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK.
Reviews for Consumer Culture and the Media: Magazines in the Public Eye
'This book represents a milestone in the study of magazines. By developing an understanding of the public spaces of consumer culture, Mehita Iqani shifts the lens through which we think about magazines, showing the key role they play in 'selling' consumerism. A brilliant and original book, it is beautifully written and replete with vivid examples. It will be essential reading ... Read more