Culture in the Communication Age

What does it mean to live in the Communication Age? What has happened to culture in the Communication Age? What is the nature of culture today? Culture in the Communication Agebrings together some of the world's leading thinkers from a range of academic disciplines to discuss what 'culture' means in the modern era. They describe key features of cultural life in the 'communication age', and consider the cultural implications of the rise of global communication, mass media, information technology, and popular culture. Individual chapters consider: * Cultures of the mind * Rethinking culture in a global context * Re-thinking Culture, from 'ways of life' to 'lifestyle' * Gender and Culture * Popular Culture and Media Spectacles * Visual Culture * Star Culture * Computers, the Internet and Virtual Cultures * Superculture in the Communication Age

David C. Chaney is Professor of Sociology at the University of Durham, England Jorge A. Gonzalez is Director of the Culture Program, University of Colima, Mexico Ulf Hannerz is Professor of Social Anthropology, Stockholm University, Sweden Stephen Hinerman is Lecturer in Communication Studies at San Jose State University, California Steve Jones is Professor and Head of the Department of Communication at the University of Illinois-Chicago Stephanie Kucker received a master's degree in Communication from the University of Illinois-Chicago in 1999. She currently works in Chicago as marketing and communications coordinator for VRCO, Inc., a hi-tech industry firm, and as Adjunct Instructor of Communication at the University of Illinois-Chicago Mirja Liikkanen is a Senior Researcher in the Unit for Culture and Media Statistics, Helsinki, Finland James Lull is Professor of Communication Studies at San Jose State University, California Paul Messaris is Professor at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania Eduardo Neiva is Professor of Communication Studies and Director of the Center for Communication Research at the University of Alabama-Birmingham Michael Real is Professor and Director of the Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University Edward C. Stewart is a cultural psychologist living in Silver Springs, Maryland