Ebook: Signs of life in the U.S.A.: readings on popular culture for writers

Popular signs : or, everything you always knew about American culture (but nobody asked) -- Writing about popular culture -- Conducting research and citing sources -- Consuming passions : the culture of American consumption -- Brought to you b(u)y : the signs of advertising -- On the air : television and cultural forms -- The Hollywood sign : the culture of American film -- The cloud : semiotics and the new media -- My selfie, my self : identity and ideology in the new millennium -- American paradox : culture, conflict, and contradiction in the U.S.A.