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Entertaining the Citizen - When Politics and Popular Culture Converge (Paperback)
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Entertaining the Citizen - When Politics and Popular Culture Converge (Paperback)
Series: Critical Media Studies: Institutions, Politics, and Culture
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Can politics be combined with entertainment? Can political
involvement and participation be fun? Politics and popular culture
are converging all the time, whether it's in Arnold
Schwarzenegger's election as governor of California or in political
television dramas and movies like The West Wing and Dave. This book
encourages readers to think about how links between entertainment
and politics have the potential to rejuvenate citizenship, endorse
civic values, and sustain civic commitment. Instead of discarding
the popular as irrelevant or dangerous to the democratic process,
Liesbet van Zoonen shows us the possibilities for increasing
political knowledge and participation through the arenas of
politics and popular music, political "soaps," political television
dramas, and politicians as celebrities. A first-rate starting point
for debate, Entertaining the Citizen will stimulate and entertain
students and general readers alike.
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