Television and the public sphere : citizenship, democracy, and the media /
Peter Dahlgren clarifies the underlying theoretical concepts of civil society and the public sphere, and relates these to a critical analysis of the practice of television as journalism, as information and as entertainment. He demonstrates the limits and the possibilities of the television medium an...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
SAGE,
1995.
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| Series: | Media, culture & society series.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Peter Dahlgren clarifies the underlying theoretical concepts of civil society and the public sphere, and relates these to a critical analysis of the practice of television as journalism, as information and as entertainment. He demonstrates the limits and the possibilities of the television medium and the formats of popular journalism. These issues are linked to the potential of the audience to interpret or resist messages, and to construct its own meanings. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 176 pages). |
| Audience: | Specialized. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781446250617 (ebook) : |