Communication theory and millennial popular culture : essays and applications / Kathleen Glenister Roberts, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Glenister Roberts, Kathleen, 1971- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Popular culture.

Communication and technology.

Information theory.

Interpersonal communication.

Physical Description:

viii, 255 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Peter Lang, 2016.

Summary:

Theories help to troubleshoot gaps in our understanding, and to make sense of a world that is constantly changing. What this book tries to do, in part, is blur the lines between the differences between today's college students - the millennial generation - and their professors, many of whom hail from the Boom Generation and Generation X. In the following chapters, contributors build upon what both parties already know. Writing in a highly accessible yet compelling style, contributors explain communication theories by applying them to "artifacts" of popular culture. These "artifacts" include Lady Gaga, Pixar films, The Hunger Games, hip hop, Breaking Bad, and zombies, among others. Using this book, students will become familiar with key theories in communication while developing creative and critical thinking. By experiencing familiar popular culture artifacts through the lens of critical and interpretive theories, a new generation of communication professionals and scholars will hone their skills of observation and interpretation - pointing not just toward better communication production, but better social understanding. Professors will especially enjoy the opportunities for discussion this book provides, both through the essays and the "dialogue boxes" where college students provide responses to authors' ideas. -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: editor's note / Kathleen Glenister Roberts

Rhetoric

Improving your speech delivery with modern family and friends / Nancy Bressler

Life as performance : dramatism and the music of Lady Gaga / Jake Dionne and Joe Hatfield

Clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose : finding the god-terms in friday night lights / Gerald J. Hickly III

Understanding epideictic rhetoric with the help of fantasy literature / Kathleen Glenister Roberts

Winning isn't everything : credibility, leadership, and virtue in HBO's Game of Thrones / Elena Strauman

Culture

"Let it go, let it go" : hegemony and counter-hegemony in disney's frozen / Janelle Applequist

Mockingjays and silent salutes : introducing semiotics through the hunger games / Claudia Bucciferro

Understanding stuart hall's encoding/decoding model through TV's breaking bad / Garret Castleberry

Postmodern theory and hip-hop cultural discourse / Hunter Fine

Seen but not heard : muted group theory in Pixar's the incredibles, wall-e, and brave / Bruce Finklea and Sally Hardig

Knope v. Pope : a fantasy theme analysis of scandal v. parks and recreation / Crystal Fogle

Media and technology

The smartphone as permanent substitute teacher / Brian Gilchrist

Media and technology : metal and mutation in the X-men films / Paul Lucas

Hashtag tv advertising : the multistep flow of millennial tv usage, advertising commercial viewing, and social media interaction / Andrew Sharma and Chrys Egan

Zombie apocalypse, hatian vodou & media ecology : a cautionary tale of our technological future / Brent Sleasman

Uses and gratifications theory as seen in how i met your mother : true story / Linnea Sudduth Ward

Interpersonal communication

"Don't open, dead inside" : external and internal noise in the walking dead / Andrew Cole & Bob DuBois

Hook, line, and sinker : theories of interpersonal deception and manipulation in catfish / Holly Holladay & Sara Trask

"Got a secret. Can you keep it?" : pretty little liars, friendship, and privacy management / Alysa Ann Lucas

Social penetration theory and relationship forming in harry potter / Kelli Jean Smith & Sharmila Pixy Ferris

About the contributors.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781433126437

1433126435

9781433126420

1433126427

OCLC:

919859674

Publisher Number:

40025679017