Parasocial Politics: Audiences, Pop Culture, and Politics

by Carole V. Bell and David Moody

The popularity of cable news, satire, documentaries, and political blogs suggest that people are often absorbing and dissecting direct political messages from informational media. But entertainment media also discusses the important political issues of our time, though not as overtly. Nonetheless, consumers still learn, debate, and form opinions on important political issues through their relationship with entertainment media. While many scholarly...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739183893
• ISBN13: 9780739183892
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.1"