Turning The Century

Name: Turning The Century
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Analyses of late nineteenth century and early twentieth century media and cultural processes, including advertising, film, sound recording, magazines, newspapers, and the rise of think tanks. > The essays in Turning the Century make a significant contribution to our understanding of America's love affairs with novelty and the mass media. The essays also show that neither the current communications revolution nor the response to it is unprecedented. Through this book, Carol Stabile provides a historical context within which scholars and students of American culture can interpret and understand end-of-the-millennium-fever --particularly, the claims of politicians, pundits, and even cultural studies scholars who maintain that recent information technology innovations make the present moment unique. Contemporary studies of mass media and popular culture reflect a similar emphasis on what is new, distinct, and therefore specific to contemporary culture. Claims of millennial transformatx