A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
Hurricane Spectacles and the Crisis of the Bush Presidency
by: Douglas Kellner / UCLA
(How) will the Bush image weather criticism leveled at his administration in the wake of Hurricane Katrina?
The Media and Death: The Case of Terri Schiavo and the Pope
by: Douglas Kellner / UCLA
Why does the “Culture of Life” movement reek of death?
Media Spectacle and the Crisis of Democracy
by: Doug Kellner / UCLA
On March 10, 2004, when speaking to AFL-CIO union workers in Chicago, John Kerry said in what he thought was an off-mike comment: “Let me tell you–we’re just beginning to fight here. These guys are the most crooked, lying group of people I’ve ever seen.”
Media Spectacle and the Wired Bush Controversy
by: Douglas Kellner / UCLA
During a media age, image and spectacle are of crucial importance in presidential campaigns.