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Why Current Affairs Needs Social Theory (Paperback)
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Why Current Affairs Needs Social Theory (Paperback)
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Television news is frequently disparaged by thoughtful commentators
for its preoccupation with drama and spectacle at the expense of
serious, in-depth, engagement with the critical issues it covers.
Whilst insisting these charges possess more than a small dose of
truth, Rob Stones argues for more emphasis to be placed on
strengthening the capacities of audiences. Drawing from major
traditions in social thought, and on academic media analysis,
Stones provides the conceptual tools for audiences to bring greater
sophistication to their interpretations, developing their capacity
to think across items and genres. A detailed account of an episode
of the Danish political drama, Borgen, reveals the extent to which
its viewers already deploy similar concepts and skills in order to
follow its storylines. Stones shows how audiences can refine these
skills further and demonstrates their value with respect to a wide
range of current affairs texts, including: Israeli settlers on the
West Bank; the Rwandan genocide; the Egyptian 'revolution'; the
Obama administration's immigration reform bill; the bases of
Germany's economic success; the conflict between 'red shirts' and
'yellow shirts' in Thailand; China's diplomatic relations with
Burma; and scandals of mistreatment within the UK and Swedish
healthcare systems. The book shows that everyone's understanding of
current affairs can be significantly enhanced by social theory. It
will be relevant to students of sociology, politics, media studies
and journalism at all levels.
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