Overview
- Provides the first comprehensive exploration of the fictional representation of higher education in a range of media, including print, television, film, and online texts
- Sheds light on the key findings that support the claim that popular depictions do affect student beliefs
- Presents the work of a group of scholars from diverse backgrounds in higher education and media
Part of the book series: Higher Education and Society (HES)
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About this book
This book explores popular media depictions of higher education from an American perspective. Each chapter in this book investigates the portrait of higher education in an exciting array of media including novels, television, film, comic books, and video games revealing the ways anti-intellectualism manifests through time. Examining a wide range of narratives, the authors in this book provide incisive commentary on the role of the university as well as the life of students, faculty, and staff in fictional college campuses.
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Barbara F. Tobolowsky is Associate Professor in the Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Department at the University of Texas at Arlington, USA. She has published on media representations in the Journal of Marketing for Higher Education (2014) and the International Journal of Educational Advancement (2006), among others.
Pauline J. Reynolds is Associate Professor of Higher Education in the Graduate Department of Leadership and Counseling at the University of Redlands, USA. Her research focuses on representations of higher education in popular culture and media.
Pauline J. Reynolds is Associate Professor of Higher Education in the Graduate Department of Leadership and Counseling at the University of Redlands, USA. Her research focuses on representations of higher education in popular culture and media.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Anti-Intellectual Representations of American Colleges and Universities
Book Subtitle: Fictional Higher Education
Editors: Barbara F. Tobolowsky, Pauline J. Reynolds
Series Title: Higher Education and Society
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-57004-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-57003-1Published: 13 January 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-57004-8Published: 27 January 2017
Series ISSN: 2945-719X
Series E-ISSN: 2945-7203
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 207
Topics: Higher Education