02832nam 2200613 450 991081491740332120230126211026.00-7391-8390-7(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 StatesUnited StatesfastMass mediaAudiences.Popular culturePolitical aspectsPopular cultureSocial aspects302.23Zenor JasonAdamo GregoryMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910814917403321Parasocial politics3948600UNINA