Knowledge Goes Pop - From Conspiracy Theory to Gossip (Hardcover, English ed)

A voice on late night radio tells you that a fast food joint injects its food with drugs that make men impotent. A colleague asks if you think the FBI was in on 9/11. An alien abductee on the Internet claims extra-terrestrials have planted a microchip in her left buttock. 'Julia Roberts in Porn Scandal' shouts the front page of a gossip mag. A spiritual healer claims he can cure chronic fatigue syndrome with the energizing power of crystals . . . What do you believe? Knowledge Goes Pop examines the popular knowledges that saturate our everyday experience. We make this information and then it shapes the way we see the world. How valid is it when compared to official knowledge and why does such (mis)information cause so much institutional anxiety? Knowledge Goes Pop examines the range of knowledge, from conspiracy theory to plain gossip, and its role and impact in our culture.

General

Imprint:	Berg Publishers
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Culture Machine
Release date:	August 2006
First published:	2006
Authors:	Clare Birchall
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	202
Edition:	English ed
ISBN-13:	978-1-84520-142-5
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social theory Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > Popular culture Promotions
LSN:	1-84520-142-6
Barcode:	9781845201425

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