Parasocial politics : audiences, pop culture, and politics / / edited by Jason Zenor ; contributors, Gregory Adamo [and nine others]

• Pubblicazione: Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (201 p.)
• Disciplina: 302.23
• Soggetto topico: Mass media - Audiences; Popular culture - Political aspects - United States; Popular culture - Social aspects - United States
• Soggetto geografico: United States
• Persona (resp. second.): ZenorJason; AdamoGregory
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: <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>
• Titolo autorizzato: Parasocial politics
• ISBN: 0-7391-8390-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910814917403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II