Ordinary people and the media : the demotic turn

Author(s)

• Turner, Graeme

Bibliographic Information

Ordinary people and the media : the demotic turn

Graeme Turner

（Theory, culture and society）

Sage, 2010

• : pbk

Note

"Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society, Nottingham Trent University"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-185) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The 'demotic turn' is a term coined by Graeme Turner to describe the increasing visibility of the 'ordinary person' in the media today. In this dynamic and insightful book he explores the 'whys' and 'hows' of the 'everyday' individual's willingness to turn themselves into media content through: * Celebrity culture, * Reality TV, * DIY websites, * Talk radio, * User-generated materials online. Initially proposed in order to analyse the pervasiveness of celebrity culture, this book further develops the idea of the demotic turn as a means of examining the common elements in a range of 'hot spots' in debates within media and cultural studies today. Refuting the proposition that the demotic turn necessarily carries with it a democratising politics, this book examines the political and cultural function of the demotic turn in media production and consumption across the fields of reality TV, print and electronic news and current affairs journalism, citizen and online journalism, talk radio, and user-generated content online. It examines these fields in order to outline a structural shift in what the western media has been doing lately, and to suggest that these media activities represent something much more fundamental than contemporary media fashion.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Demotic Turn Ordinary People: Celebrity, tabloid culture and the function of the media Reality TV and the construction of cultural identities Redefining Journalism: Citizen journalism, blogs and the rise of opinion Talk radio, populism and the demotic voice Revenge of the nerds: User-generated content online The Age of Entertainment: Media and cultural consumption today

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Details

• NCID: BB00824458
• ISBN:
  • 9781848601673
  • 9781848601666
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: x, 189 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • DC22 : 302.2301
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Mass media and culture
  • LCSH : Identity (Psychology) and mass media
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA10904942