Considering this semester has been pretty hectic, I haven’t been able to do my usual reading. The other day when I was in Chapters, I walked by the Media/Pop Culture section and was amazed at all the exciting titles. I even saw some other works by the authors of the books we had to read for this class.
Here are some of the books that I found interesting:
Reinventing Comics by Scott McCloud
Mediated: How the Media Shapes Your World and the Way You Live in It by Thomas De Zengotita
Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide by Henry Jenkins
The Wow Climax: Tracing the Emotional Impact of Popular Culture by Henry Jenkins
The Disappearance of Childhood by Neil Postman
The End of Education: Redefining The Value Of School by Neil Postman
How to Watch TV News by Neil Postman
Girls Make Media by Mary Kearney
Media/Society: Industries, Images and Audiences by David R Croteau, William Hoynes
Culture Jam: How to Reverse America's Suicidal Consumer Binge - And Why We Must by Kaile Lasn
Everything Bad Is Good For You: How Today's Popular Culture Is Actually Making Us Smarter by Steven Johnson
[this is quite a different look compared to a lot of the other books]
Cell Phone Culture by Gerard Goggin
Most of the books are to better understand media and its affect on culture, but there are also ones that pertain to me directly. If I ever find the time, I definitely want to read these books in the near future.
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