Author: Eco, Umberto
Title: Apocalypse Postponed
Description: Bloomington [IN], Indiana University Press, 1994. orig. cloth, dustwrapper. 24x1cm, vii,227 pp. Series : Perspectives.. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ . Contents: Mass Culture: Apocalypse Postponed: Apocalyptic and Intergrated Intellectuals: Mass Communications and Theories of Mass Culture; The World of Charlie Brown; Reactions of the Author: Now (1974 and 1977); Orwell, or Concerning Visionary Power; The The Future of Literacy; Mass Media and the Limits of Communication: Political Language: The Use and Abuse of Rhetoric; Does the Audience have Bad Effects on Television?; Event as "Mise en scène" and Life as Scene-setting; The Phantom of Neo-TV: The Debate on Fellini's "Ginger and Fred"; The Rise and Fall of Counter-Cultures: Does Counter-Culture Exist?; The New Forms of Expression; On Chinese Comic Strips: Counter-Information and Alternative Information; Indenpendent Radio in Italy; Striking at the Heart of the State?; In Search of Italian Genius: Phenomena of This Sort Must Also be Included in Any Panorama of Italian Design; A Dollar for a Deputy: La Ciccolina; For Grace Received; The Italian Genius Industry.

Keywords: Popular Culture, Mass Media, Social Aspects, Italy, Cultural Criticism, , , ,