When it comes to seeing depth and lateral connections in the
development of popular culture, nobody exceeds Marshall Fishwick.
-Canadian Psychology In Probing Popular Culture: On and Off the
Internet, one of the leading authorities in American and popular
culture studies presents an eye-opening examination of the
Information Age's influence on what we do, how we live, and who we
are. Dr. Marshall Fishwick, author of the textbooks Great
Awakenings: Popular Religion and Popular Culture; Popular Culture:
Cavespace to Cyberspace; and Popular Culture in a New Age focuses
his penetrating gaze upon the impact of the icons and events that
color the fabric of our lives. Peppered with quotes from
influential figures ranging from Plato to P. T. Barnum, this book
provides food for thought that will spark smart discussion about
every aspect of popular culturefrom Henry Ford to Y2K, the impact
on popular culture of the September 11 tragedy, and more. Probing
Popular Culture examines our cultural icons, our fads, our hopes,
and our fears-and ties them into the images we see everyday in the
news and on the Web. Dr. Fishwick probes the most recent
developments, crises, and anxieties encountered on our headlong
dash down the Information Superhighwayand illustrates the reasons
behind the media madness. Religion, sports, food, comic books, TV,
and movies-none escape his microscopic dissection. Probing Popular
Culture focuses on: historical pioneersfrom Socrates to Walt
Whitman and Walt Disney-who pondered and studied the phenomenon
known as popular culture culture frenzieswhy Americans have a
tendency toward trends, fads, and frenzies the emergence of America
as a super popular culture with current predominance in world
media, movies, clothing, music, and food the loss of old traditions
and the invention of new ones hypeits definition, its origin, and
its negative effect on the human race the gaps that have developed
all over the worldmainly between the United States and other
countriesbecause of the introduction of the Information Age in
popular culture and much more Who will arbitrate, regulate, and
modify our flow of information? How much is too much? What is at
stake? What lies ahead? Probing Popular Culture takes an incisive
look at the current situation and probes for answers. With a
foreword by Dr. Fishwick's former student, Tom Wolfe, a preface by
Peter Rollins (Editor-in-Chief of Film & History: An
Interdisciplinary Journal of Film and Television Studies), and the
inclusion of opinions from other authorities on popular culture,
this volume will be interesting and informative to the college
student, the general reader, and the specialist.
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