Janice Peck
Biographic Data
| ID | 3674210 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Janice Peck |
| GIVEN NAMES | Janice |
| FAMILY NAME | Peck |
| SIGNATURE | PECK J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Colorado Boulder |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 37 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
History, communication, and media
This chapter considers the study of communication and media history by locating it within the history of history as a field of research; and outlines an approach to studying media and communication history by drawing on the thought of British cultural historian Raymond Williams. This statement could describe the scholarly itinerary of Raymond Williams, who consistently argued for and sought to enact a synthesis of theory and method capable of gra…
(Neo)Liberalism, popular media, and the political struggle for the future of US public education
The idea that the US public school system is ‘broken’ and needs reform has become commonplace over the past three decades. The article argues that the quest to transform public education revolves around powerful intersecting forces: ideational activism by education entrepreneurs, financial backing from billionaire philanthropists and hedge fund managers, bipartisan political endorsement, a compliant press and receptive culture industries. The aim…
Age of Oprah
Looking a gift horse in the mouth
Writing in the Nation, Patricia Williams (2007) described Oprah Winfrey as ‘the black, female, Horatio Alger, rags-to-riches story of our day – a woman who reinvented herself by sheer will and rose
A moment of danger
The Secret of Her Success
This essay considers Oprah Winfrey’s rise from mere TV talk show host to global cultural icon in relationship to the rise in the 1980s and triumph in the 1990s of the neoliberal political-economic project. It argues that the expansion of Winfrey’s media enterprise and her ascent to iconic status are a product of the complex historical relationship between capitalism and the distinctly American fusion of psychology and religion captured by the ter…
Itinerary of a Thought
In a 1992 memorial for Allon White, Stuart Hall eulogized the passing of his friend and of the "metaphors of transformation" that had been "so significant, historically, for the radical imaginary." Modeled on the "revolutionary moment" and associated with Marxism, such metaphors, Hall said, "no longer command assent." Rather than mourning their demise, he suggested that cultural studies, having "moved decisively beyond such dramatic simplificatio…
TV Talk Shows as Therapeutic Discourse
Journal Article Tv Talk Shows as Therapeutic Discourse: The Ideological Labor of the Televised Talking Cure Get access Janice Peck Janice Peck 1Janice Peck is an assistant professor in the Department of Speech-Communication, University of Minnesota, 460 Folwell Hall, Minneapolis, MN 55455 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Communication Theory, Volume 5, Issue 1, February 1995, Pages 58–81, https://doi.org/10…
Talk about Racism
The Gods of Televangelism
This work provides a critical, interpretive study of two religious programmes - The 700 Club and The Jimmy Swaggert Telecast - and examines their appeal by situating them within the history of American religion and culture
Selling Goods and Selling God
Religious Television and the Historical Appeal of Form
Talk about Racism
TV Talk Shows as Therapeutic Discourse
Journal Article Tv Talk Shows as Therapeutic Discourse: The Ideological Labor of the Televised Talking Cure Get access Janice Peck Janice Peck 1Janice Peck is an assistant professor in the Department of Speech-Communication, University of Minnesota, 460 Folwell Hall, Minneapolis, MN 55455 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Communication Theory, Volume 5, Issue 1, February 1995, Pages 58–81, https://doi.org/10…
Looking a gift horse in the mouth
Writing in the Nation, Patricia Williams (2007) described Oprah Winfrey as ‘the black, female, Horatio Alger, rags-to-riches story of our day – a woman who reinvented herself by sheer will and rose
Religious Television and the Historical Appeal of Form
Religious Television and the Historical Appeal of Form
Selling Goods and Selling God
Talk about Racism
The Gods of Televangelism
This work provides a critical, interpretive study of two religious programmes - The 700 Club and The Jimmy Swaggert Telecast - and examines their appeal by situating them within the history of American religion and culture
TV Talk Shows as Therapeutic Discourse
Journal Article Tv Talk Shows as Therapeutic Discourse: The Ideological Labor of the Televised Talking Cure Get access Janice Peck Janice Peck 1Janice Peck is an assistant professor in the Department of Speech-Communication, University of Minnesota, 460 Folwell Hall, Minneapolis, MN 55455 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Communication Theory, Volume 5, Issue 1, February 1995, Pages 58–81, https://doi.org/10…
Itinerary of a Thought
In a 1992 memorial for Allon White, Stuart Hall eulogized the passing of his friend and of the "metaphors of transformation" that had been "so significant, historically, for the radical imaginary." Modeled on the "revolutionary moment" and associated with Marxism, such metaphors, Hall said, "no longer command assent." Rather than mourning their demise, he suggested that cultural studies, having "moved decisively beyond such dramatic simplificatio…
The Secret of Her Success
This essay considers Oprah Winfrey’s rise from mere TV talk show host to global cultural icon in relationship to the rise in the 1980s and triumph in the 1990s of the neoliberal political-economic project. It argues that the expansion of Winfrey’s media enterprise and her ascent to iconic status are a product of the complex historical relationship between capitalism and the distinctly American fusion of psychology and religion captured by the ter…
A moment of danger
Looking a gift horse in the mouth
Writing in the Nation, Patricia Williams (2007) described Oprah Winfrey as ‘the black, female, Horatio Alger, rags-to-riches story of our day – a woman who reinvented herself by sheer will and rose
(Neo)Liberalism, popular media, and the political struggle for the future of US public education
The idea that the US public school system is ‘broken’ and needs reform has become commonplace over the past three decades. The article argues that the quest to transform public education revolves around powerful intersecting forces: ideational activism by education entrepreneurs, financial backing from billionaire philanthropists and hedge fund managers, bipartisan political endorsement, a compliant press and receptive culture industries. The aim…
Age of Oprah
History, communication, and media
This chapter considers the study of communication and media history by locating it within the history of history as a field of research; and outlines an approach to studying media and communication history by drawing on the thought of British cultural historian Raymond Williams. This statement could describe the scholarly itinerary of Raymond Williams, who consistently argued for and sought to enact a synthesis of theory and method capable of gra…
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