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Book SynopsisTheories help to troubleshoot gaps in our understanding, and to make sense of a world that is constantly changing. What this book tries to do, in part, is blur the lines between the differences between today's college students the millennial generation and their professors, many of whom hail from the Boom Generation and Generation X.
In the following chapters, contributors build upon what both parties already know. Writing in a highly accessible yet compelling style, contributors explain communication theories by applying them to artifacts of popular culture. These artifacts include Lady Gaga, Pixar films, The Hunger Games, hip hop,
Breaking Bad, and zombies, among others. Using this book, students will become familiar with key theories in communication while developing creative and critical thinking. By experiencing familiar popular culture artifacts through the lens of critical and interpretive theories, a new generation of communication professionals and scholars will h
Table of ContentsContents: Kathleen Glenister Roberts: Editor’s Note – Nancy Bressler: Improving Your Speech Delivery with
Modern Family and
Friends – Jake Dionne/Joe Hatfield: Life as Performance - Dramatism and the Music of Lady Gaga ‒ Gerald J. Hickly III: «Clear eyes, full hearts, can’t lose» - Finding the God-Terms in
Friday Night Lights – Kathleen Glenister Roberts: Understanding Ceremonial Speech through Fantasy Literature – Elena C. Strauman: Winning Isn’t Everything - Credibility, Leadership, and Virtue in HBO’s
Game of Thrones ‒ Janelle Applequist: «Let it go, let it go» - Hegemony and Counter-Hegemony in Disney’s
Frozen – Claudia Bucciferro: Mockingjays and Silent Salutes - Introducing Semiotics through
The Hunger Games – Garret Castleberry: Understanding Stuart Hall’s «Encoding/Decoding» Model through TV’s
Breaking Bad – Hunter H. Fine: Postmodern Theory and Hip-Hop Cultural Discourse – Bruce W. Finklea/Sally Bennett Hardig: Seen but Not Heard - Exploring Muted Group Theory in Pixar’s
The Incredibles, WALL-E, and
Brave – Krystal Fogle: Knope vs. Pope: A Fantasy Theme Analysis of
Scandal vs.
Parks & Recreation – Brian Gilchrist: The Smartphone as Permanent Substitute Teacher – Paul A. Lucas: Media and Technology - Metal and Mutation in the
X-Men Films – Andrew Sharma/Chrys Egan: Hashtag Television Advertising - The Multistep Flow of Millennial TV Usage, Commercial Viewing, and Social Media Interaction – Brent Sleasman: Zombie Apocalypse, Haitian Vodou, and Media Ecology - A Cautionary Tale for Our Technological Future – Linnea Sudduth Ward: Uses and Gratifications Theory in
How I Met Your Mother - True Story – Andrew Cole/Bob DuBois: «Don’t Open, Dead Inside» – External and Internal Noise in
The Walking Dead – Holly Holladay/Sara Trask: Hook, Line, and Sinker - Theories of Interpersonal Deception and Manipulation in Catfish – Alysa Ann Lucas: «Got a Secret. Can You Keep It?» -
Pretty Little Liars, Friendship, and Privacy Management – Kelli Jean K. Smith/Sharmila Pixy Ferris: Social Penetration Theory and Relationship Formation in
Harry Potter.
