Activating Democracy Michael Palmer

Activating Democracy Michael PalmerDriven by a powerful belief in the value of free expression, Sheryl Oring has for more than a decade been helping people across the United States voice concerns about public affairs through her 'I Wish to Say' project. This book uses that project as the starting point for an exploration of a series of issues of public interest being addressed by artists today.

and algorithms

nurtured and remunerated

such as Bean’s Drawn Conversations

the unintended agendas involved in consuming green cosmetics or ethical culinary trends and the discursive strategies of denial of the extreme cruelty in the procurement of animal skin and fur for use in fashion

In this illuminating psychoanalysis of our media environment

The contributions are in a language and style that allow them to be read either as aids to formal study or as elements of discussion to interest the general reader

This is one of the few studies of its kind to explore such questions and the only text to fully address the unique spatial power of the cinema

a panel of rising and established popular culture scholars examines the phenomenon of Star Trek fan culture and its most compelling dimensions

with both digital and FM making significant use of new technologies

beginning with a comprehensive synopsis

spending the rest of his days describing the means by which God’s successor—the “Superman”—can be found within

and consumption of public photography today