Entertaining the Citizen : When Politics and Popular Culture Converge Paperback / softback
by Liesbet Van Zoonen
Part of the Critical Media Studies: Institutions, Politics, and Culture series
Paperback / softback
Description
Can politics be combined with entertainment? Can political involvement and participation be fun? Politics and popular culture are converging all the time, whether it’s in Arnold Schwarzenegger’s election as governor of California or in political television dramas and movies like The West Wing and Dave.
This book encourages readers to think about how links between entertainment and politics have the potential to rejuvenate citizenship, endorse civic values, and sustain civic commitment.
Instead of discarding the popular as irrelevant or dangerous to the democratic process, Liesbet van Zoonen shows us the possibilities for increasing political knowledge and participation through the arenas of politics and popular music, political “soaps,†political television dramas, and politicians as celebrities.
A first-rate starting point for debate, Entertaining the Citizen will stimulate and entertain students and general readers alike.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:192 pages
- Publisher:Rowman & Littlefield
- Publication Date:04/01/2005
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- ISBN:9780742529076
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Item not Available
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:192 pages
- Publisher:Rowman & Littlefield
- Publication Date:04/01/2005
- Category:
- ISBN:9780742529076