{"product_id":"the-media-and-the-public-isbn-9781405160414","title":"The Media and The Public","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Media and the Public\u003c\/i\u003e explores the ways a range of media, from the press to television to the Internet, have constructed and represented the public.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides a new synthesis of recent research exploring the relationship between media and their publics\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIdentifies ways in which different publics are subverting the gatekeeping of mainstream media in order to find a voice and communicate with others\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSituates contemporary media-public discourse and relationships in an historical context in order to show the origin of contemporary public\/political engagement\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCreates a theoretical expansion on the role of the media in accessing or denying the articulation of public voices, and the ways in which publics are harnessing new media formats to produce richer and more complex forms of political engagement\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction. Them and Us: Meet Joe the Plumber 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Imagining the Public 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Public Spheres 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Managed Public 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Counterpublics and Alternative Media 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Virtual Publicness 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Fractured Publics, Contested Publicness 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 179\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephen Coleman\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Political Communication and Co-Director of the Centre for Digital Citizenship, Institute for Communications Studies, University of Leeds. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Internet and Democratic Citizenship: Theory, Practice, and Policy\u003c\/i\u003e (with Jay G. Blumler, 2009) and \u003ci\u003ePublic Trust in the News: A Constructivist Study of the Social Life of News\u003c\/i\u003e (with David Morrison and Scott Anthony, 2009). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKaren Ross\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Media and Public Communication at the University of Liverpool. She has written and edited many books, including \u003ci\u003eGendered Media: Women, Men and Identity Politics\u003c\/i\u003e (2009), \u003ci\u003ePopular Communication: Essays on Publics, Practices and Processes\u003c\/i\u003e (2008), \u003ci\u003eRethinking Media Education: Critical Pedagogy and Identity Politics\u003c\/i\u003e (2007), and \u003ci\u003eWomen and Media: Critical Issues\u003c\/i\u003e (Wiley-Blackwell, 2006).   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Media and the Public\u003c\/b\u003e \"Them\" and \"Us\" in Media Discourse Stephen Coleman, Karen Ross  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Stephen Coleman and Karen Ross inspire us to critically reflect on prevailing assumptions we hold about the media and its publics. Their compelling analysis –written in a clear and accessible form – charts new directions for understanding the dynamics of contemporary democracy.\" \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeter Dahlgren, Lund University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Media and the Public\u003c\/i\u003e explores the ways a range of media, from the press to television to the Internet, has constructed and represented the public. Stephen Coleman and Karen Ross argue that the public is always a product of representation, that there is no a priori public that is captured or recorded by the media. Instead, the public is invoked through processes of mediation that are dominated by political, institutional, economic, and cultural forces. Twentyfirst century publics witness themselves more than any public in history – in vox pops, phone-ins, studio-audience discussions, soap opera dramatizations, reality TV formats, and beyond – but they do not control their own image. Mediated publics are vulnerable to misrepresentation by media images that fail to reflect their diversity and complexity. Through an exploration of citizen journalism, street newspapers, participatory media, online public consultations, and the blogosphere, Stephen Coleman and Karen Ross identify a more comprehensive and diverse set of public voices who are using media outlets to speak for themselves.    \"Stephen Coleman and Karen Ross inspire us to reflect critically on prevailing assumptions we hold about the media and its publics. Their compelling analysis – written in a clear and accessible – charts new directions for understanding the dynamics of contemporary democracy.\" \u003ci\u003ePeter Dahlgren, Lund University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990286483685,"sku":"NP9781405160414","price":41.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405160414.jpg?v=1761787207","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-media-and-the-public-isbn-9781405160414","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}