Title: Media matters
Subtitle: everyday culture and political change
First published: 1994
Description: Detailing the eroding line between "real" and "media" events, Fiske explores the media's treatment of the O. J. Simpson arrest and pretrial hearings, the L.A. uprisings, the Anita Hill-Clarence Thomas hearings, and the "family values" debate between Dan Quayle and Murphy Brown. He illustrates how African Americans, Korean Americans, Latinos, and women have succeeded in making their hitherto unheard voices heard and have influenced the nation's reaction to media events such as these.

Fiske also analyzes speeches by George Bush, Dan Quayle, and Pat Buchanan, along with media commentary by Rush Limbaugh and CNN's Greg LaMotte, to reveal what Americans successfully rejected in ushering out the Reagan era. Through his analysis of the contradictory and diverse voices that make up U.S. culture, Fiske traces the nation's swing away from Reaganism and offers urgent warnings for the future.
Subjects: Politics and government, Politics and culture, Popular culture, Political aspects of Mass media, Mass media, Massacommunicatie, Politique et culture, Medias et culture - Etats-Unis, Medias, Populaire cultuur, Politik, Politique et culture - Etats-Unis, Culture populaire - Etats-Unis, Culture populaire, Medias - Aspect politique - Etats-Unis, Massenmedien, Aspect politique, Zivilisation, Medias et culture, Politique et gouvernement, Political aspects, Mass media, political aspects, United states, politics and government, 1989-1993, United states, politics and government, 1993-2001
Places: United States
Time periods: 1989-1993, 1993-2001, 1993-, 2001-