Audiences and publics : when cultural engagement matters for the public sphere /

Audiences and publics : when cultural engagement matters for the public sphere /

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Imprint:	Bristol, England ; Portland, Or. : Intellect, 2005.
Description:	244 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Changing media--changing Europe series ; v. 2 Cultural studies Cultural studies (Bristol, England)
Subject:	Mass media -- Social aspects -- Europe. Mass media -- Economic aspects -- Europe. Mass media -- Economic aspects. Mass media -- Social aspects. Europe.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5999900

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Other authors / contributors:	Livingstone, Sonia M.
ISBN:	1841501298 (pbk.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Summary:	In today's thoroughly mass-mediated world, audiences and publics are, of course, composed of the same people. Yet social science traditionally treats them quite differently. Indeed, it is commonplace to define audiences in opposition to the public: in both popular and elite discourses, audiences are denigrated as trivial, passive, individualised, while publics are valued as active, critically engaged and politically significant.
Physical Description:	244 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	1841501298