Grand Theft 2000 - Kellner, Douglas
175,99 €
inkl. MwSt.
Versandkostenfrei*
Versandfertig in 1-2 Wochen
payback
88 °P sammeln
  • Gebundenes Buch

The battle for the White House following the election of November 7, 2000, was one of the major media spectacles in American history. From the uncertainty of election night to Al Gore's concession to George W. Bush's acceptance of the mantle of president-elect, Douglas Kellner demonstrates why the media was culpable in the theft of the presidency, ultimately bringing to power one of the most right wing administrations in American history. By applying critical social theory, cultural studies, and media criticism to buttress his arguments, Kellner concludes that Election 2000 reveals a crisis in…mehr

Andere Kunden interessierten sich auch für
Produktbeschreibung
The battle for the White House following the election of November 7, 2000, was one of the major media spectacles in American history. From the uncertainty of election night to Al Gore's concession to George W. Bush's acceptance of the mantle of president-elect, Douglas Kellner demonstrates why the media was culpable in the theft of the presidency, ultimately bringing to power one of the most right wing administrations in American history. By applying critical social theory, cultural studies, and media criticism to buttress his arguments, Kellner concludes that Election 2000 reveals a crisis in contemporary American democracy. A final chapter critically dissects the first 100 days of the Bush presidency, which is emerging as one of the most reactionary in history.
Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Autorenporträt
Douglas Kellner is the George F. Kneller Philosophy of Education Chair at UCLA and author of numerous books including, The Persian Gulf TV War, Television and the Crisis of Democracy, and Media Culture.
Rezensionen
Douglas Kellner's Grand Theft 2000 is a stunning expose of the failure of the news media to report on the biggest and most important story in decades: the theft of the 2000 presidential election. Kellner artfully dissects the big lie propaganda of the Republicans and their media pundits, and lays bare before us the ugly realities of the hardright Bush presidency. This book combines the skills and experience of a great scholar with the street smarts of a first rate journalist. -- Robert W. McChesney, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Douglas Kellner's scholarship is excellent and his analysis of the events of the 2000 election is clear and straightforward. Grand Theft 2000 exhibits a beautiful writing style, incisive argumentation, and a willingness to show that something was at stake in this election that reveals a series of crises of American democracy and points to solutions. -- Stephen Eric Bronner, Rutgers University Douglas Kellner recaps the entire spectacle, sifts its importance, and offers policy prescriptions for media and political institutions. Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly Grand Theft 2000 is a well thought out commentary and analysis of the 2000 presidential election spectacle-smoothly written, tightly organized, and conceptually framed in a way that the reader can easily (and profitably) follow. Kellner weaves together diverse elements-the general and the specific, the abstract and the concrete, the realm of ideas and the realm of personalities, short-term effects, and (possible) long-term consequences for the future of American politics. Grand Theft 2000 is not only accessible to a large audience interested in the electoral drama but it also presents a strong, coherent argument grounded in deep, critical thinking. -- Carl Boggs, National University…mehr