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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791725603321

Autore

Hart Roderick P

Titolo

Seducing America [[electronic resource] ] : how television charms the modern voter / / Roderick P. Hart

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, 1998

ISBN

0-7619-1623-7

1-5063-2049-X

1-322-42310-5

1-4522-5146-0

Edizione

[Rev. ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 209 p.)

Disciplina

324.730973

Soggetti

Television in politics - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-193) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 - Political Feelings; Chapter 2 - Feeling Intimate: The Rise of Personality Politics; Chapter 3 - Feeling Informed: The Effects of Personality Politics; Chapter 4 - Feeling Clever: The Cold Comforts of Postmodernism; Chapter 5 - Feeling Busy: The Frenzy of Establishment Politics; Chapter 6 - Feeling Important: The Temptations of Alternative Politics; Chapter 7 - Residual Feelings; Postscript; Scholarly References; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

This revised edition provides a revealing examination of how the format of presenting politics on television has changed the way viewers act, vote, and feel about politics in the United States.