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SAGE PUBLISHING Media And The Restyling Of Politics 2003 Edition by Corner
Within media research and cultural studies, the mediation of politicians and the play-off between versions of high and low politics are attracting increasing interest.Media and the Restyling of Politics brings together the work of leading academics in media and cultural studies to pursue an agenda of research, analysis and debate about the changing nature of political culture and its mediation. The contributors question the ways in which emerging forms of political style relate not only to new conventions of celebrity and publicity but to ideas about representation, citizenship and the democratic process. Topics covered include: celebrity politicians, the marketing of politics, identity and popular culture. Introduction - John Corner and Dick PelsThe Re-Styling of PoliticsDemocracy's Inner Voice - Frank AnkersmitPolitical Style as Unintended Consequence of Political ActionAesthetic Representation and Political Style - Dick PelsRe-Balancing Identity and Difference in Media DemocracyMediated Persona and Political Culture - John CornerThe Celebrity Politician - John StreetPolitical Style and Popular Culture`After Dallas and Dynasty We Have... Democracy' - Liesbet van ZoonenArticulating Soap, Politics and GenderCitizen Consumers - Margaret ScammellTowards a New Marketing of Politics?Lifestyle Politics and Citizen-Consumers - W Lance BennettIdentity, Communication and Political Action in Late Modern SocietyReconfiguring Civic Culture in the New Media Milieu - Peter DahlgrenPopular Culture and Mediated Politics - Jon SimonsIntellectuals, Elites and DemocracyMarked Bodies - Bronislaw SzerszynskiEnvironmental Activism and Political Semiotics