02830nam 2200613 450 991046350030332120200520144314.00-7391-8390-7(CKB)2670000000574407(EBL)1832671(SSID)ssj0001471349(PQKBManifestationID)11919648(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001471349(PQKBWorkID)11423041(PQKB)10440386(MiAaPQ)EBC1832671(Au-PeEL)EBL1832671(CaPaEBR)ebr11027700(CaONFJC)MIL656196(OCoLC)894892991(EXLCZ)99267000000057440720150312h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrParasocial politics audiences, pop culture, and politics /edited by Jason Zenor ; contributors, Gregory Adamo [and nine others]Lanham, Maryland :Lexington Books,2014.©20141 online resource (201 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7391-8389-3 1-322-24916-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Introduction; I: Entertainment, Celebrity, and Institutions; 1 Reading the President; 2 Studying Audience Subjectivity; 3 The Wire and Urban Life; 4 Celebrity Persuasion in the Political Arena; II: Fandom, Fantasy, and Real Politics; 5 Storytelling through World-Building; 6 Are You a Lebowski Achiever?; 7 The Dark Knight of the Soul; III: Millenials, Diversity, and Entertainment; 8 Millennials, Citizenship, and How I Met Your Mother; 9 Talking Racial Politics Online; 10 "Nigga You Gay"; Bibliography; Index; About the Contributors; About the Editor<span><span style=""font-style:italic;"">Parasocial Politics</span><span> explores how consumers form complex relationships with media texts and characters, and how these readings exist in the nexus between the real and fictional worlds. This collection of empirical studies analyzes how actual consumers read the text and the overt and covert political messages encoded in popular culture.</span></span>Mass mediaAudiencesPopular culturePolitical aspectsUnited StatesPopular cultureSocial aspectsUnited StatesElectronic books.Mass mediaAudiences.Popular culturePolitical aspectsPopular cultureSocial aspects302.23Zenor JasonAdamo GregoryMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463500303321Parasocial politics1956715UNINA