{"product_id":"cultureondemand-9781405160643","title":"CultureonDemand","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis highly original, thought-provoking book  written by a pioneer of communication studies  is the first to analyze the post 9\/11 world in terms of global media and popular culture. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style:\" none\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWritten in an engaging and candid manner by a leading expert in this field\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eArgues that cross-cultural understanding can only be achieved by harnessing the power of global media, popular culture, information technology, and personal communications technologies\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines the global trend of using film, video, music, and TV on-demand as the framework through which we experience all cultural activity\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDraws inspiration from the work of a range of theorists, from Charles Darwin to Anthony Giddens\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCandidly interrogates the very latest developments in world affairs, especially the roles of fundamentalist religious ideology, media globalization, and individualism, whose complex relationships have y\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“James Lull shows that religion and media ravenously feed off each other--often for the worse. But he also points the way to a future of 'global wisdom,' which leverages the best ideals of communication and faith. This is one gospel worth preaching.” \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIrshad Manji, author, The Trouble with Islam Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e“With uncommon brilliance, extreme intellectual agility, and profound cultural wisdom, James Lull’s latest book faces courageously and optimistically the most daunting challenges of our troubled times.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEduardo Neiva, University of Alabama at Birmingham\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Taking global cultural analysis in refreshing new directions, James Lull offers the reader powerful insights into the social and symbolic realities of the 21st Century.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGabriela Pedroza, Monterrey Institute of Technology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"In this impressively wide-ranging study, Lull makes an impassioned plea for the new media technologies to be brought to the forefront of the struggle against cultural prejudice. Calling for cooperation rather than conflict, open-minded communication rather than fundamentalist pronouncements, Lull persuasively argues the case for greater diversity and tolerance across global society.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eStuart Sim, University of Sunderland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“An intriguing essay on culture and modern cultural practices. Lull is intellectually honest in assessing the counterarguments to his positions.” \u003ci\u003eCommunication Research Trends\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of figures. \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. All Eyes on the Global Stage.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMedia Globalization.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModern Media Development.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Global Divides.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChina and the Middle East: Responses to Modernity and.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlobalization.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Communications Revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2. Human Expression.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Cultural Politics of Expression.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Need for Expression.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSymbolic Creativity and the Expressive Self.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmotional Communication.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe fear factor and the pleasure principle.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Active Pleasures of Expression and Communication.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMobile expression.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCultural Open Sourcing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSymbolic Power to the People.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3. Programming Our Personal Supercultures.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCultural Experience.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCulture, culture, Superculture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe “supers”.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCulture in common.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCultural Technology in the Communication Age.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCultural Programming.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Cultural Self and Self Culture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEncountering Culture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Cultural Spheres.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUniversal values and concepts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTransnational cultural media.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCivilizations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRegions and everyday life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Cultural Mix in Action.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuperculture Revisited.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4. The Push and Pull of Culture.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Push of Culture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiaspora.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNation as contested push.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Pull of Culture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndividualism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“A life of one’s own”.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNew Cultural Horizons.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5. Globalized Islam.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Islamic Cultural Body.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe visible visual body.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGender equality, political democracy, and economic prosperity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIslam in the West.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Opinion, and the Other Opinion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe global TV war.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe New Imagined World of Islam.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInstrumental modernity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe communications problem.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6. Cultural Transparency.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReflexive Cultural Globalization.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe globalization of good and bad ideas.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLoving to hate America.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOpen Society: The Guiding Principle for Cultural Development.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Power of Transparency.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTransparency or surveillance?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7. The Open Spaces of Global Communication.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStage 1: Cultural Technology, Industry, Abundance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStage 2: Global Visibility and Transparency.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStage 3: Platforms for Participation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStage 4: Global Consciousness and Public Opinion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStage 5: Global Wisdom.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStage 6: Institutional Channels.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStage 7: Utopian Potential.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8. Fundamentalism and Cosmopolitanism.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Passion of the Religious Culture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFundamentalist America.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe active passivity of Islam.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOther Fundamentalisms.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNationalism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMarket fundamentalism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Democratic Secular Imperative.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOne Moral Universe?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA “modest cosmopolitan” alternative.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9. Communicating the Future.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Paradox of Tolerance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Great Chain of Communication.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407895208279,"sku":"9781405160643","price":80.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405160643.jpg?v=1730500881","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/cultureondemand-9781405160643","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}