作者傑尼斯·佩剋是美國科羅拉多大學的新聞與傳播學院的傳媒學助教，專門從事媒體和社會文化關係、以及大眾文化與社會、政治關係的研究。她發錶過多篇關於媒體理論、宗教和種族電影題材、脫口秀在大眾文化中的地位的論文。

Over the last two decades Oprah Winfrey's journey has taken her from talk show queen to-as Time Magazine has asserted-"one of the most important figures in popular culture." Through her talk show, magazine, website, seminars, charity work, and public appearances, her influence in the social, economic, and political arenas of American life is considerable and until now, largely unexamined. In The Age of Oprah, media scholar and journalist Janice Peck traces Winfrey's growing cultural impact and illustrates the fascinating parallels between her road to fame and fortune and the political-economic rise of neoliberalism in this country. While seeking to understand Oprah's ascent to the near- iconic status that she enjoys today, Peck's book provides a fascinating window into the intersection of American politics and culture over the past quarter century.