[Commlist] New book: “(Not) kidding: politics in online tabloids”

New book, *(Not) kidding: politics in online tabloids* (Brill), is out: 
https://brill.com/display/title/69821

The book offers an analysis of the 2015-2016 presidential and Brexit 
campaigns - both articles and user comments - published in major Polish, 
British, and US online tabloids: Pudelek, Mail Online, and Gawker; in 
addition, 20 journalists and editors from these outlets were interviewed 
to understand their work, their newsrooms, and notions of 
professionalism. This allows to expose the emotional public sphere of 
comment sections, as well as the key tabloid “(not) kidding” frame: 
ambiguous, reactive to readers, and shielding online tabloids from 
accusations of deteriorating democracy.


Cover (Not) Kidding
*More about the book:*

Often reduced to the role of sensationalist gossipmongers, online 
tabloids are a vital source of political news for the public. This book 
offers a deep dive into Pudelek, Mail Online, and Gawker coverage of 
2015-2016 political campaigns in Poland, the United Kingdom, and the 
United States, where votes led to major populist shifts. Thanks to a 
close study of news stories, anonymous comments under articles, and 
interviews with online-tabloid journalists, Helena Chmielewska-Szlajfer 
exposes the emotional public sphere of comment sections, as well as the 
key tabloid “(not) kidding” frame: ambiguous, reactive to readers, and 
shielding online tabloids from accusations of deteriorating democracy.

    Chapter 1  How Did We Get Here? Tabloidization of News and the
    2015–16 Elections in Poland, UK, and the US
    Chapter 2  Politicians Are Crooks, Votes Are Rigged, and Other
    Visions of an (Un)just World
    Chapter 3  Backoffice, or How Online Tabloid Journalists Write on
    Politics
    Chapter 4  Conclusion. Online Tabloid Voices and Democracy



Helena Chmielewska-Szlajfer, Ph.D. (2014), Assistant Professor at 
Koźmiński University and LSE Visiting Fellow, is a sociologist 
specializing in everyday culture, democracy, and media, and the author 
of Kazimierz Kelles-Krauz: Marxism and Sociology (Brill, 2018) 
and Reshaping Poland's Community after Communism: Ordinary 
Celebrations (Palgrave, 2019).


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