{"product_id":"communication-theory-and-millennial-popular-culture-essays-and-applications-paperback","title":"Communication Theory and Millennial Popular Culture: Essays and Applications - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKathleen Glenister Roberts\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheories 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.\u003cbr\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eBreaking Bad\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 hone their skills of observation and interpretation - pointing not just toward better communication production, but better social understanding.\u003cbr\u003e Professors will especially enjoy the opportunities for discussion this book provides, both through the essays and the  dialogue boxes  where college students provide responses to authors' ideas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKathleen Glenister Roberts (PhD, Indiana University-Bloomington) is Associate Professor of Communication and Rhetorical Studies and Director of the Honors College at Duquesne University. She is the author of numerous essays and the books \u003ci\u003eAlterity and Narrative\u003c\/i\u003e (2007) and \u003ci\u003eThe Limits of Cosmopolis\u003c\/i\u003e (Peter Lang, 2014).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 6 x 8.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 23, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47457695105277,"sku":"9781433126420","price":97.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/YWl5UkNEbjZzK2MzT3U0WUlOeFdZZz09.webp?v=1777242809","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/communication-theory-and-millennial-popular-culture-essays-and-applications-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}