Media and the restyling of politics : consumerism, celebrity and cynicism / edited by John Corner and Dick Pels.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Corner, John.

Pels, Dick, 1948-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media--Political aspects.

Mass media.

Press and politics.

Politics and culture.

Physical Description:

viii, 210 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, 2003.

Contents:

1 Introduction: The Re-styling of Politics / John Corner, Dick Pels 1

2 Democracy's Inner Voice: Political Style as Unintended Consequence of Political Action / Frank Ankersmit 19

3 Aesthetic Representation and Political Style: Re-balancing Identity and Difference in Media Democracy / Dick Pels 41

4 Mediated Persona and Political Culture / John Corner 67

5 The Celebrity Politician: Political Style and Popular Culture / John Street 85

6 'After Dallas and Dynasty we have...Democracy': Articulating Soap, Politics and Gender / Liesbet van Zoonen 99

7 Citizen Consumers: Towards a New Marketing of Politics? / Margaret Scammell 117

8 Lifestyle Politics and Citizen-Consumers: Identity, Communication and Political Action in Late Modern Society / W. Lance Bennett 137

9 Reconfiguring Civic Culture in the New Media Milieu / Peter Dahlgren 151

10 Popular Culture and Mediated Politics: Intellectuals, Elites and Democracy / Jon Simons 171

11 Marked Bodies: Environmental Activism and Political Semiotics / Bronislaw Szerszynski 190.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0761949208

0761949216

OCLC:

51438824