In this broad-ranging text, Peter Dahlgren clarifies the underlying theoretical concepts of civil society and the public sphere, and relates these to a critical analysis of the practice of television as journalism, as information and as entertainment. He demonstrates the limits and the possibilities of the television medium and the formats of popular journalism. These issues are linked to the potential of the audience to interpret or resist messages, and to construct its own meanings. What does a realistic understanding of the functioning and the capabilities of television imply for citizenship and democracy in a mediated age?
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Peter Dahlgren clarifies the underlying theoretical concepts of civil society and the public sphere, and relates these to a critical analysis of the practice of television as journalism, as information and as entertainment. He demonstrates the limits and the possibilities of the television medium and the formats of popular journalism.
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PART ONE: INITIAL HORIZONS
Mediating Democracy
Prismatic Television
Popular Television Journalism
PART TWO: SHIFTING FRAMES
Modern Contingencies
Communication and Subjectivity
Civil Society and Its Citizens
PART THREE: FLICKERING HOPES
Democratic Mediations?
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ISBN
9780803989221
Publisert
1995-08-24
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Vendor
SAGE Publications Ltd
Vekt
460 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
05, 06, U, P
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
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Antall sider
192
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