TY  - BOOK
AU  - Arden,John Boghosian
TI  - America's meltdown: the lowest-common-denominator society 
SN  - 0275976394 :
AV  - E169.12 .A724 2003
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Westport, Conn.
PB  - Praeger
KW  - Popular culture
KW  - United States
KW  - Mass media
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Social psychology
KW  - Civilization
KW  - 1970-
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - 1980-
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-230) and index; The Meltdown -- Cyberspaced -- Vicarious Living -- Infotainment -- Retail Government -- Lock and Load -- The Bottom of the Barrel -- Shopping and Dropping -- Men and Women Are from Earth -- Hyped Sports -- Waging the Soul -- Punching the Clock -- McMedicine -- Shrink Wrap -- Dumbsizing the Schools -- Mall Art -- The Spiritual Supermarket -- Rebuilding the Future
N2  - Arden examines contemporary American consciousness, considering the factors that have driven society toward gossip and sensationalism at the cost of substance and depth
ER  -