Media Spectacle and Insurrection, 2011: From the Arab Uprisings to Occupy Everywhere

by Douglas Kellner

Overview

Douglas Kellner elaborates upon his well known theory which explores how media spectacle can be used as a key to interpreting contemporary culture and politics. Grounded in both cultural and communication theory, Kellner argues that politics, war, news and information, media events (like terrorist attacks or royal weddings), and now democratic uprisings, are currently organized around media spectacles, and demonstrates how and why this has occurred.
Rooting the discussions within key events of 2011 - including the war in Libya, the Arab Uprisings, the wedding of William Windsor to Kate Middleton, the killing of Osama bin Laden, and the Occupy movements - Media Spectacle and Insurrection, 2011 makes a highly relevant contribution to the field of media and communication studies. It offers a fresh perspective on the theme of contemporary media spectacle and politics by adopting an approach that is based around critical social and cultural theory. This series gives students a strong critical grounding from which to examine new media.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781441102539
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	09/06/2012
Series:	Critical Adventures in New Media
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Douglas Kellner is the George F. Kneller Philosophy of Education Chair, Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, at UCLA.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Triumph of the Media Spectacle The Rise of Media Spectacle Media Spectacles of the Contemporary MomentGuy Debord and The Society of the SpectacleIn This Book Chapter 1: Barack Obama, the Power Elite and Media Spectacle Media Spectacle, Celebrity, and Contemporary U.S. PoliticsMedia Spectacle in Election 2008Politics of the Spectacle in the Contemporary EraThe Obama Presidency and its Challenges Chapter 2: The North African Arab Uprisings: From Tunisia to Egypt to Libya and BeyondSparks in TunisiaInsurrection in EgyptThe Qaddafi Spectacle Tumult in the Arab WorldThe Arab Uprisings and CounterrevolutionChapter 3: War in Libya: Challenges of Liberal Humanitarian Interventions Phase One: No-fly ZonePhase Two: NATO Takes Command Month Three: StalemateThe Arab Uprisings and Counterrevolution (continued)Libyan Rebels Gain MomentumLibya Month Three: From Stalemate to Endgame? The NATO Libyan Intervention, the Death of Qaddafi, and the Dilemmas of Liberal-Humanitarian WarChapter 4: Spectacles of TerrorThe Osama Bin Laden Spectacle The Death of Bin Laden, Terror War, and the Arab UprisingObama, Israel, and Avenging Bin Laden Spectacles of Violence and State Repression in the Middle East, and the Capture of Ratko Mladic, and the CNN/Fox Spectacle of TerrorThe Dark Side of the Spectacle: Terror in Norway, the UK Riots, and Ten Years After 9/11Chapter 5: Theorizing the Contemporary Moment: From the Arab Uprisings Through the Occupy Everywhere!Media Spectacle and MurdochGateBarack Obama and the Politics of the Spectacle, Media Spectacle, Al-Jazeera, and the Arab UprisingFrom Occupy Wall Street to Occupy Everywhere!Bibliography

Editorial Reviews

Kellner's tracing of the narratives of major political events (principal among which are the Arab uprisings) definitely has strong merit.” —Oliver Boyd-Barrett, Bowling Green State University

From the Publisher

Kellner's tracing of the narratives of major political events (principal among which are the Arab uprisings) definitely has strong merit.

Bowling Green State University Oliver Boyd-Barrett