The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture
Volume 18: Media
Allison Graham
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: 09/2011
Pages: 464
Subject: Reference, Social Science, History
| University of North Carolina
Print ISBN: 9.78E+12
eBook ISBN: 9780807869130
DESCRIPTION
This volume of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture
examines how mass media have shaped popular perceptions of the
South--and how the South has shaped the history of mass media. An
introductory overview by Allison Graham and Sharon Monteith is
followed by 40 thematic essays and 132 topical articles that
examine major trends and seminal moments in film, television,
radio, press, and Internet history. Among topics explored are the
southern media boom, beginning with the Christian Broadcast Network
and CNN; popular movies, television shows, and periodicals that
have shaped ideas about the region, including Gone with the
Wind, The Beverly Hillbillies, Roots, and
Southern Living; and southern media celebrities such as
Oprah Winfrey, Truman Capote, and Stephen Colbert. The volume
details the media's involvement in southern history, from
depictions of race in the movies to news coverage of the civil
rights movement and Hurricane Katrina. Taken together, these
entries reveal and comment on the ways in which mass media have
influenced, maintained, and changed the idea of a culturally unique
South.