Mosh the Polls Youth Voters, Popular Culture, and Democratic Engagement

by Kelso, Tony; Cogan, Brian; Calavita, Marco; Cao, Xiaoxia; Chappell, Brandy; Cogan, Brian; Grabowski, Michael J.; Klotz, Robert J.; Leverette, Marc; McIntosh, Shawn; Teeter, Aaron; Tropp, Laura

• ISBN13: 9780739122303
• ISBN10: 0739122304
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-09-26
• Publisher: Lexington Books

Summary

This timely, highly readable edited collection undertakes an interdisciplinary analysis of the innovative ways in which both the political process and the entertainment industry appeal to voters under the age of 30 and how the intended audience receives these endeavors. Along the way, contributors shed light on the state of the modern American political system and its relationship to entertainment and popular culture. By integrating academic investigations with a 'real-world' point of view, the essays in this collection present information in an engaging, accessible manner that will show readers how the articulation of youth culture has influenced the political engagement of young voters.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Introduction: At the Intersection of Politics and Popular Culture: Over Two Hundred Years of Great Entertainment	p. 1
Setting the Stage
Different Experiences of Young Adults and Other Adults in Mediated Campaigns	p. 23
Links, Chicks, Blogs, Banners: Using the Internet for Youth Voter Mobilization	p. 39
The Performance
Rock the Vote: An Insider's Account of the 2004 Campaign Strategy	p. 63
"Comic Elections and Real News?" The Daily Show, Satire, Public Discourse, and the New Voter	p. 79
Lessons in Appealing to the Young Non-Voter: Michael Moore's Slackers Uprising Tour	p. 95
Screening Abu Ghraib, Reelecting the President: The Symbolic Politics of Torture in Fiction Film and Television, 2003-2005	p. 119
Cast a Vote, Yo: Targeting the Hip-Hop Generation through Popular Culture	p. 145
Evaluating the Show
Soft News and Young Voters: Why They Tune into It and What They Get Out of It	p. 165
Thin Democracy/Thick Citizenry: Interactive Media and Its Lessons for Young Citizen/Consumers	p. 185
Just Don't Bother to Vote or Die, Bitch! A Giant Douche, a Turd Sandwich, Hardcore Puppet Sex, and the Reinvention of Political (Un)Involvement	p. 205
Index	p. 239
About the Contributors	p. 257
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