Vulture Culture : The Politics and Pedagogy

Vulture Culture presents a new and complex way of thinking about daytime television talk shows. Vulture culture is the process by which the media scavenge the personal narratives and popular discourses that make up everyday knowledge and commonsens

Loubna H. Skalli, a former Professor at Ibn Tofail University, Morocco, teaches in the School of International Service at American University, Washington D.C. Kathalene A. Razzano is the Managing Editor of the Journal of Social Philosophy and Assistant Director for the Center of Global Ethics at George Mason University. Christine M. Quail is Assistant Professor of Mass Communication at the State University of New York College at Oneonta.

Foreword

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Rhonda Hammer

Douglas Kellner

Vulture Culture: An Introduction

1

(10)

The Commercial Logic of Vulture Culture: How Corporate Media Shape Talk Show Culture

11

(18)

The Commodification of Talk Show Culture

29

(18)

Talking Sense: Common Sense and Expert Knowledge

47

(26)

Electronic Carnival: Spectacularizing Talk

73

(24)

Bodies Defined and Confined

97

(36)

Admissible in a Court of Law: DNA, Paternity, and the Talk Show

133

(26)

Conclusion

159

(4)

Notes

163

(18)

References

181

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Vulture Culture : The Politics and Pedagogy of Daytime Television Talk Shows

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