Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-166) and index.
Introduction : Media Hegemony : Towards a Critical Pedagogy of Representation / Henry A. Giroux and Peter L. McLaren -- Television and Its Historical Pastiche -- Television Advertising, Telecommunications Discourse, and Contemporary American Culture -- Television News -- Drug Abuse, Race Relations, and the Prime Time News Program / Co-authored with Ronald B. Scott -- Popular Culture and the Pedagogy of Feminism -- Learning the Electronic Life 101 -- Conclusion : Pedagogy, Popular Culture, and Critical Citizenship