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9780335215553

Citizens or Consumers?

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  • ISBN13:

    9780335215553

  • ISBN10:

    0335215556

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2005-09-01
  • Publisher: Open University Press

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Summary

Uses the largest study of media coverage, public opinion, and citizenship in the United States and Britain Features an influential lead author whose books include The Ideological Octopus and Enlightened Racism Examines how the media can promote a more active form of citizenship

Author Biography

Justin Lewis is Professor of Communication at Cardiff University, UK.

Sanna Inthorn is Senior Lecturer in Media Studies at the University of Portsmouth, UK.

Karin Wahl-Jorgensen is a Lecturer in the Cardiff School of Journalism, Media, and Cultural Studies, UK.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Public opinion, political participation and the news media
Meet the public: an overview of the ways citizenship is represented in British and US news
How engaged is public opinion in news coverage?
The news media and opinion polls
The vox populi: out of the mouths of babes and citizens
Speaking off the cuff: what journalists say about us
The representation of citizenship in the coverage of September 11th and its aftermath
The citizen as consumer: how the media might promote active citizenship

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