Douglas Kellner's Media Spectacle and the Crisis of Democracy: 9/11, the War on Iraq, and Election 2004 investigates the role of the media in the momentous political events of the past four years. Beg
From the recent shootings at Virginia Tech University to the tragedies at Columbine and Oklahoma City, certain common traits can be traced through all of these events. In Guys and Guns Amok, media and
In the US, about 12,000 people die in murderous gunfire. Kellner (philosophy of Education, U. of California Los Angeles) calls the situation a national scandal and finds plenty of causes, including th