»Love it or Loathe it« Audience Responses to Tabloids in the UK and Germany Mascha K. Brichta

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Brichta, Mascha K. <p>Mascha K. Brichta, Medienwissenschaftlerin und Fotografin, Deutschland</p>, Author.

Series:

• Cultural studies ; volume 39.
• Cultural Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Tabloids.
• Newspapers.
• Audiences.
• Focus Groups.
• Cultural Studies.
• The Sun.
• Bild.
• Media.
• Analogue Media.
• Media Aesthetics.
• Popular Culture.
• Media Studies.

Local Subjects:

• Tabloids.
• Newspapers.
• Audiences.
• Focus Groups.
• Cultural Studies.
• The Sun.
• Bild.
• Media.
• Analogue Media.
• Media Aesthetics.
• Popular Culture.
• Media Studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (295 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Brichta, »Love it or Loathe it« Audience Responses to Tabloids in the UK and Germany

Place of Publication:

Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2014

Language Note:

English

Biography/History:

Mascha K. Brichta (Dr.) is a professional media researcher and photographer. She took her Ph.D. at the University of Westminster in London, UK, and now lives in Hamburg, Germany. Her research interests include audiences, the press, and the popular media.

Summary:

• Popular newspapers like the British »The Sun« and the German »Bild« regularly invite controversy over their morals and methods, power and responsibility, political and social impact. At best, their reporting is rejected as trivial, vulgar and tasteless; at worst, it is deemed hazardous to the workings of democratic society. Yet, the papers are able to attract large audiences, and contribute significantly to the daily lives of millions of readers. This book looks at popular newspapers from an audience point of view. Examining the crucial relationship between news and entertainment, it provides timely empirical evidence for the values tabloids really have for readers and modern day Britain and Germany. Contradicting common myths and stereotypes, the book calls for fresh perspectives on the popular media and their audiences.With a foreword by Peter Dahlgren, Lund University, Sweden.
• »[Die] Dissertation [...] hebt sich schon in der Größe der Stichprobe positiv von vielen anderen vergleichbaren Arbeiten ab. Mit immerhin 18 Fokusgruppen und insgesamt 104 Probanden kann die Autorin überzeugend auf einer hinreichend repräsentativen Basis argumentieren.«

Contents:

1 Contents 5 Acknowledgements 7 Foreword 9 Chapter 1: Introduction 11 Chapter 2: Similar Phenomena 21 Chapter 3: Differing Contexts 53 Chapter 4: Theorising Tabloids 77 Chapter 5: Milestones Revisited 97 Chapter 6: Methodology 125 Chapter 7: Balancing Tensions 159 Chapter 8: Fostering Engagement 191 Chapter 9: Managing Identity 211 Chapter 10: Tabloid Modes of Engagement 241 Bibliography 265 Appendix 291

Notes:

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

• 9783839418857
• 3839418852

OCLC:

885021779