Seducing America : how television charms the modern voter
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Bibliographic Information
Seducing America : how television charms the modern voter
Sage Publications, c1999
Rev. ed
- : cloth
- : pbk
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Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-193) and index
Contents of Works
- Political feelings
- Feeling intimate : the rise of personality politics
- Feeling informed : the effects of personality politics
- Feeling clever : the cold comforts of postmodernism
- Feeling busy : the frenzy of establishment politics
- Feeling important : the temptations of alternative politics
- Residual feelings
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Roderick P. Hart's revised edition of Seducing America is an eye-opening look at how television's format of presenting politics to its viewers has changed the way television-watching citizens act, vote, and feel about politics in this country. While television makes us feel knowledgeable, important, informed, and close to our political representatives, it disguises dissatisfaction with the political system and with ourselves. Hart's rigorous blend of rhetorical and statistical research plus his eloquent and passionate writing make this book a superb supplementary text for political communication and media studies courses that will help engage students in provocative discussions about media and politics.
Table of Contents
Political Feelings
Feeling Intimate
The Rise of Personality Politics
Feeling Informed
The Effects of Personality Politics
Feeling Clever
The Cold Comforts of Postmodernism
Feeling Busy
The Frenzy of Establishment Politics
Feeling Important
The Temptations of Alternative Politics
Residual Feelings
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