The Media and The Public by Stephen Coleman, Karen Ross - 9781405160414

The Media and The Public\n\n\""Them\"" and \""Us\"" in Media Discourse\n\n\""Stephen Coleman and Karen Ross inspire us to reflect critically on prevailing assumptions we hold about the media and its publics. Their compelling analysis \u2013 written in a clear and accessible \u2013 charts new directions for understanding the dynamics of contemporary democracy.\"" Peter Dahlgren, Lund University\n\nStephen Coleman (Author), Karen Ross (Author)\n\n9781405160414, Wiley\n\nPaperback / softback, published 19 February 2010\n\n200 pages\n23.1 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm, 0.299 kg\n\nThe Media and the Public explores the ways a range of media, from the press to television to the Internet, have constructed and represented the public.\n--Provides a new synthesis of recent research exploring the relationship between media and their publics \n--Identifies ways in which different publics are subverting the gatekeeping of mainstream media in order to find a voice and communicate with others \n--Situates contemporary]