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

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, audience...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: European Science Foundation
Otros Autores: Livingstone, Sonia M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol ; Portland, Or. : Intellect, 2005.
Colección:Changing media--changing Europe series ; v. 2.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Notas:Supported by the European Science Foundation.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:184150923X
9781841509235
9781841501291
1841501298