| Knowledge Goes Pop: From Conspiracy Theory to Gossip Anniversary/Spe Edition Contributor(s): Birchall, Clare (Author) |
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ISBN: 1845201434 ISBN-13: 9781845201432 Publisher: Berg Publishers OUR PRICE: $46.54 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2006 Annotation: A voice on late night radio tells you that a fast food restaurant 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 body. "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? This book examines the range of knowledge, from conspiracy theory to plain gossip, and its role and impact in our culture. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Popular Culture |
| Dewey: 306.42 |
| LCCN: 2006009546 |
| Series: Culture Machine |
| Physical Information: 0.47" H x 6.45" W x 9.18" (0.71 lbs) 185 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
