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1. Oversharing: Presentations of Self in the Internet Age

   By Ben Agger

   Series: Framing 21st Century Social Issues

   People ‘overshare’ when they interact with others through the screens of computers and smartphones. Oversharing means to divulge more of their inner feelings, opinions and sexuality than they would in person, or even over the phone. Text messaging, Facebooking, tweeting, camming, blogging, online...

   Published February 5th 2012 by Routledge
2. Body Problems

   Running and Living Long in a Fast-Food Society

   By Ben Agger

   Series: Framing 21st Century Social Issues

   This book addresses the relationship between the body and society in a fast-food society. Agger focuses on issues of food, exercise, work, dieting and eating disorders, fashion, bariatric and cosmetic surgery, and health. He addresses the dilemma that we have ample access to abundant calories but...

   Published December 14th 2010 by Routledge
3. Cultural Studies As Critical Theory

   By Ben Agger

   Examines the field of cultural studies and argues for its relevance in addressing the enormous impact of popular culture and mass media today. Among the perspectives analysed are the Marxist sociology of culture and poststructural/postmodern analysis...

   Published March 19th 1992 by Spon Press
4. A Critical Theory Of Public Life

   Knowledge, Discourse And Politics In An Age Of Decline

   By Ben Agger State University of New York, Buffalo, USA.

   Published September 19th 1991 by Routledge