During the mid1990s the O.J. Simpson murder trials dominated the media in theUnited States and were circulated throughout the world via globalcommunications net... » 

During the mid1990s the O.J. Simpson murder trials dominated the media in theUnited States and were circulated throughout the world via globalcommunications networks. The case became a spectacle of race gender class andviolence bringing in elements of domestic melodrama crime drama and legaldrama. According to cultural critic and scholar Douglas Kellner the Simpsoncase was just one example of what the author calls media spectacle a formof media culture that puts contemporary dreams nightmares fantasies andvalues on display.Through the analysis of several such media spectacles including Elvis the XFiles Michael Jordan and the Bill Clinton sex scandals Kellners insightfuland fascinating book draws out important insights into media journalism thepublic sphere and politics in an era of new technologies. Media Spectacle isa brilliant dissection of contemporary society its ongoing appetite forscandal tragedy and perversion and the new technologies and media that striveto feed this immense hunger. This is cultural criticism and media analysis atits best. «