Connecting Social Problems and Popular Culture
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- Synopsis
- While popular culture receives a lot of attention as a central causal factor in contemporary social problems, Sternheimer (sociology, U. of Southern California) argues that in reality, although media does impact society, there are many more important factors contributing to America's serious social problems today. The author examines the history of media fears, who constructs media--and youth--phobia and why, and then analyzes a number of social problems--the dumbing down of America, family instability, violence, teen sex, teen pregnancy and single parenthood, the rising materialism of youth, eating disorders, substance abuse, misogyny, homophobia, and racism--and their causes. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc. , Portland, OR (booknews. com)
- Copyright:
- 2010
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9780786750474
- Publisher:
- Perseus
- Date of Addition:
- 09/19/12
- Copyrighted By:
- Karen Sternheimer
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Social Studies, Sociology
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.