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[ecrea] new book on media/publics

Thu Mar 18 18:14:29 GMT 2010




The Media & The Public

"Them" and "Us" in Media Discourse

Stephen Coleman & Karen Ross

"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."

Peter Dahlgren, Lund University



February 2010 ? 416 pages

Paperback ? 978-1-4051-6041-4 ? £19.99 £15.99

Hardback ? 978-1-4051-6040-7 ? £50.00 £40.00



The Media and the Public explores the ways a range of media have constructed and represented the public, arguing that the public is always a product of representation, that there is no a priori public that is captured or recorded by the media. Twenty-first century publics witness themselves more than any public in history - in vox pops, phone-ins, studio-audience discussions, 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, Coleman and Ross identify a more comprehensive and diverse set of public voices who are using media outlets to speak for themselves. Provides a new synthesis of recent research exploring the relationship between media and their publics Identifies ways in which different publics are subverting the gatekeeping of mainstream media in order to find a voice and communicate with others Situates contemporary media-public discourse and relationships in an historical context in order to show the origin of contemporary public/political engagement.



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Karen Ross

Professor of Media and Public Communication

 and Associate Dean

Department of Communication and Media

University of Liverpool

Roxby Building

Liverpool L69 7ZT, UK

mob: 07798 884110

office: 0151 794 2310

e: (rossk /at/ liverpool.ac.uk)

Editor, Communication, Culture & Critique: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/cccr

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