Media and their publics
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Media and their publics
McGraw Hill/Open University Press, 2008
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
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: pb ISBN 9780335219292
Description
This accessible and thought-provoking book provides a critical insight into the relationship between the media and the public. It examines the way in which the public is represented, referred to and portrayed in the media, and how the media acts or speaks on the public's behalf. The first part explores the political side of the relationship between the media and the public. This includes interesting discussion of advocacy in political interviews and the discursive arrangement of political discussion programmes. The second part of the book examines a range of discourses outside of the political realm. Michael Higgins looks at the construction of ordinariness, authenticity and public legitimacy, the relationship between institutional and media expertise, and the exercise of public decency. He argues that what unites the relationships between media and forms of public are their concern with wider issues of politics, governance, and cultural influence.The author offers a range of illustrative examples of broadcasting from US, Australian and British contexts, providing students with a rage of engaging international examples with which to draw comparisons and compare their own media experiences. Each chapter includes recommended texts for further reading and questions for discussion.The Media and Their Publics is an essential text for students and researchers in media studies, cultural policy and political communications.
Table of Contents
1 - Issues of the public
2 - The construction of the political public
3 - The political public and its advocates
4 - The political public take to the stage
5 - The construction of the cultural public
6 - Cultural publics and participation
7 - The construction of expertise in the media
8 - Rethinking media publics
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: hb ISBN 9780335219308
Description
This accessible and thought-provoking book provides a critical insight into the relationship between the media and the public. It examines the way in which the public is represented, referred to and portrayed in the media, and how the media acts or speaks on the public's behalf. The first part explores the political side of the relationship between the media and the public. This includes interesting discussion of advocacy in political interviews and the discursive arrangement of political discussion programmes. The second part of the book examines a range of discourses outside of the political realm. Michael Higgins looks at the construction of ordinariness, authenticity and public legitimacy, the relationship between institutional and media expertise, and the exercise of public decency. He argues that what unites the relationships between media and forms of public are their concern with wider issues of politics, governance, and cultural influence.The author offers a range of illustrative examples of broadcasting from US, Australian and British contexts, providing students with a rage of engaging international examples with which to draw comparisons and compare their own media experiences. Each chapter includes recommended texts for further reading and questions for discussion.The Media and Their Publics is an essential text for students and researchers in media studies, cultural policy and political communications.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 - Issues of the public
Chapter 2 - The construction of the political public
Chapter 3 - The political public and its advocates
Chapter 4 - The political public take to the stage
Chapter 5 - The construction of the cultural public
Chapter 6 - The popular media and public participation
Chapter 7 - The construction of expertise in the media
Chapter 8 - Rethinking media publics
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