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PublisherUniversity Press of Kansas

ISBN-100700617566

ISBN-139780700617562

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Number of Pages422 Pages

Publication NameWhat Really Happened to the 1960s : How Mass Media Culture Failed American Democracy

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2010

SubjectPolitical Process / Media & Internet, Media Studies, United States / 20th Century, Sociology / General, Social History, Journalism, Popular Culture, Political Ideologies / Democracy

TypeTextbook

AuthorEdward P. Morgan

Subject AreaPolitical Science, Social Science, Language Arts & Disciplines, History

FormatHardcover

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Item Weight27.8 Oz

Item Length9.1 in

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LCCN2010-027342

ReviewsMorgan contends that understanding how corporate media helped and hindered the democratic movements of the Sixties will help us develop todays grassroots movements. He does an excellent job of developing that understanding. . . . He presents delightfully vivid discussions of iconic and not-so-iconic events and people.CounterPunch "A clear and compelling look at how the mass media has shaped our understandingor misunderstandingof this critical period. . . . An important corrective to contemporary, media-saturated perceptions of the 1960s."Historian, "Morgan demonstrates that while the mainstream media has been obsessed with the 1960s, its portrayal has consistently stressed the sensational and violent aspects of that decade while downplaying two of its most important components: a sense of hope that society could be changed and the sense that the basic social, economic, and political structures of American society, in particular the power of corporate capitalism, were at the heart of our problems. . . . Sophisticated, provocative, and convincing."-- Robert Justin Goldstein , author of Political Repression in Modern American "This important book provides an illuminating historical overview, critical analysis, and appraisal of the 1960s. Drawing upon historical and media studies, theories of capitalism and democracy, and in-depth study of the era's social movements, Morgan provides an extremely comprehensive and penetrating analysis of the events and aftermath of the 1960s. Based on highly impressive research, his study should appeal to a large audience interested in how that decade's more radical spirit continues to live on in our society."-- Douglas Kellner , author of Media Spectacle and the Crisis of Democracy and Media Culture, "Morgan contends that understanding how corporate media helped and hindered the democratic movements of the Sixties will help us develop today's grassroots movements. He does an excellent job of developing that understanding. . . . He presents delightfully vivid discussions of iconic and not-so-iconic events and people."-- CounterPunch "A clear and compelling look at how the mass media has shaped our understanding--or misunderstanding--of this critical period. . . . An important corrective to contemporary, media-saturated perceptions of the 1960s."-- Historian, Morgan demonstrates that while the mainstream media has been obsessed with the 1960s, its portrayal has consistently stressed the sensational and violent aspects of that decade while downplaying two of its most important components: a sense of hope that society could be changed and the sense that the basic social, economic, and political structures of American society, in particular the power of corporate capitalism, were at the heart of our problems. . . . Sophisticated, provocative, and convincing.Robert Justin Goldstein , author of Political Repression in Modern American This important book provides an illuminating historical overview, critical analysis, and appraisal of the 1960s. Drawing upon historical and media studies, theories of capitalism and democracy, and in-depth study of the eras social movements, Morgan provides an extremely comprehensive and penetrating analysis of the events and aftermath of the 1960s. Based on highly impressive research, his study should appeal to a large audience interested in how that decades more radical spirit continues to live on in our society.Douglas Kellner , author of Media Spectacle and the Crisis of Democracy and Media Culture

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Table Of Content(A photograph section follows page 170) Preface 1. The Past as Prologue: Distorted History--Declining Democracy 2. Roots of the Sixties: Contradictions between Capitalism and Democracy in Postwar America 3. An Awakening Democratic Dialectic: From Action to Empowerment in the 1960s 4. Race, Class, and Gender: the Boundaries of Legitimate Media Discourse 5. Vietnam and the Spheres of Media Discourse 6. Visual Drama: The Power of the Image 7. System Response: Generational Hype and Political Backlash 8. Media, Militancy, and Violence: The Making of "Bad Sixties" Icons 9. Domesticating the Sixties: Capitalism's Cultural Co-optation 10. Reconstructing the Past, Constructing the Future: Corporate Backlash and the Reagan Revolution 11. The "Sixties" Nostalgia Market and the Culture of Self-Satire 12. Cultural Politics and Warlike Discourse 13. Media Culture and the Future of Democracy Notes Index

SynopsisWherever we turn these days, we encounter reminders of the sixties. They're invoked in presidential campaigns, American military actions, and outbursts of mass protest. We're bombarded with media-saturated anniversaries of iconic events, from JFK's inauguration (and assassination) to urban riots and Woodstock. But as Edward Morgan suggests, these references offer little more than an endless stream of distracting imagery that has more to do with today's politics and economics than with the reality of yesterday's social movements. In his provocative look at mass media's connection with those turbulent years, Morgan simultaneously seeks to explain what happened in the 1960s and what happened to how we remember it. His comprehensive overview and critical analysis reveal how the mass media have shaped the popular image of a raucous decade in ways that have curtailed its promise of democracy. Morgan's in-depth study of sixties social movements and their depictions in corporate America's print media, film, and television helps to explain why the past still provokes deep emotions--even antagonism--half a century later. He blends history, sociology, political science, media and cultural studies, and critical theory to explain why the 1960s have been so virulently targeted, particularly by critics on the right who blame today's self-indulgent culture on baby boomers and "sixties permissiveness" instead of the real culprits: consumer-driven capitalism and neoliberal politics. Emphasizing the tensions between capitalism and democracy, Morgan investigates the fate of democracy in our media-driven culture, first by examining the ways that the 1960s were represented in the media at the time, then by exploring how popular versions of the sixties have glossed over their more radically democratic qualities in favor of sensationalism and ideological constructions. He reminds us of what really happened--then shows us how the media trivialized and satirized those events, co-opting and commercializing the decade's legacy and, in doing so, robbing it of its more radical, democratic potential. By revisiting this chapter of the past, Morgan shows that it has much to tell us about where we are today and how we got here. Whether you lived through the sixties or only read about them--or only saw Hollywood's version of them in Forrest Gump--this book will put their lessons in clearer perspective., Wherever we turn these days, we encounter reminders of the sixties. They're invoked in presidential campaigns, American military actions, and outbursts of mass protest. We're bombarded with media-saturated anniversaries of iconic events, from JFK's inauguration (and assassination) to urban riots and Woodstock. But as Edward Morgan suggests, these references offer little more than an endless stream of distracting imagery that has more to do with today's politics and economics than with the reality of yesterday's social movements. In his provocative look at mass media's connection with those turbulent years, Morgan simultaneously seeks to explain what happened in the 1960s and what happened to how we remember it. His comprehensive overview and critical analysis reveal how the mass media have shaped the popular image of a raucous decade in ways that have curtailed its promise of democracy. Morgan's in-depth study of sixties social movements and their depictions in corporate America's print media, film, and television helps to explain why the past still provokes deep emotions-even antagonism-half a century later. He blends history, sociology, political science, media and cultural studies, and critical theory to explain why the 1960s have been so virulently targeted, particularly by critics on the right who blame today's self-indulgent culture on baby boomers and "sixties permissiveness" instead of the real culprits: consumer-driven capitalism and neoliberal politics. Emphasizing the tensions between capitalism and democracy, Morgan investigates the fate of democracy in our media-driven culture, first by examining the ways that the 1960s were represented in the media at the time, then by exploring how popular versions of the sixties have glossed over their more radically democratic qualities in favor of sensationalism and ideological constructions. He reminds us of what really happened-then shows us how the media trivialized and satirized those events, co-opting and commercializing the decade's legacy and, in doing so, robbing it of its more radical, democratic potential. By revisiting this chapter of the past, Morgan shows that it has much to tell us about where we are today and how we got here. Whether you lived through the sixties or only read about them-or only saw Hollywood's version of them in Forrest Gump-this book will put their lessons in clearer perspective., A comprehensive overview that seeks to explain what happened in the 1960s--and what happened to how we remember it. Reveals how the mass media have shaped the popular image of a raucous decade in ways that have curtailed its democratic possibilities.

LC Classification NumberHN59.M65 2010