{"product_id":"the-media-and-the-public-9781405160414","title":"The Media and The Public","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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, 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407895044439,"sku":"9781405160414","price":30.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405160414.jpg?v=1730500881","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-media-and-the-public-9781405160414","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}