Parasocial Politics explores how consumers form complex relationships with media texts and characters, and how these readings exist in the nexus between the real and fictional worlds. This collection of empirical studies analyzes how actual consumers read the text and the overt and covert political messages encoded in popular culture.
Parasocial Politics explores how consumers form complex relationships with media texts and characters, and how these readings exist in the nexus between the real and fictional worlds. This collection of empirical studies analyzes how actual consumers read the text and the overt and covert political messages encoded in popular culture.
Jason Zenor is assistant professor of communication studies at State University of New York-Oswego.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction Jason Zenor Part I: Entertainment, Celebrity, and Politics Chapter 1: Reading the President: Audience Reception of The West Wing, Jason Zenor Chapter 2: Studying Audience Subjectivity: Reactions to Death of a President, James C. Rhoads Chapter 3: The Wire and Urban Life: Baltimore Responds to its Image, Gregory Adamo Chapter 4: Celebrity Persuasion in the Political Arena: A Study of Message Effects on Young Voters' Political Opinions in the 2008 Election, Cynthia Nichols and Carly McKenzie Part II: Fandom, Fantasy, and Real Politics Chapter 5: Storytelling through World-Building: Audience Perceptions of Science Fiction Television, Laura Osur Chapter 6: Are You a Lebowski Achiever? The Fans of the Movie The Big Lebowski, Jungian Synchronicity, and the Iraq War, William Ashton Chapter 7: The Dark Knight of the Soul: Netnographic Exploration of Religion, Politics and Batman, Bryan J. Carr Part III: Millenials, Diversity, and Entertainment Chapter 8: Millenials, Citizenship, and How I Met Your Mother, Allison N. Novak Chapter 9: Talking Racial Politics Online: The Progressive Potential of Television Dramas in Postracial America and Parasocial Contact, Carole V. Bell Chapter 10: 'Nigga You Gay!' The Post-Racial Millennial Generation's Reception of The Boondocks, David Moody and Jason Zenor
Introduction Jason Zenor Part I: Entertainment, Celebrity, and Politics Chapter 1: Reading the President: Audience Reception of The West Wing, Jason Zenor Chapter 2: Studying Audience Subjectivity: Reactions to Death of a President, James C. Rhoads Chapter 3: The Wire and Urban Life: Baltimore Responds to its Image, Gregory Adamo Chapter 4: Celebrity Persuasion in the Political Arena: A Study of Message Effects on Young Voters' Political Opinions in the 2008 Election, Cynthia Nichols and Carly McKenzie Part II: Fandom, Fantasy, and Real Politics Chapter 5: Storytelling through World-Building: Audience Perceptions of Science Fiction Television, Laura Osur Chapter 6: Are You a Lebowski Achiever? The Fans of the Movie The Big Lebowski, Jungian Synchronicity, and the Iraq War, William Ashton Chapter 7: The Dark Knight of the Soul: Netnographic Exploration of Religion, Politics and Batman, Bryan J. Carr Part III: Millenials, Diversity, and Entertainment Chapter 8: Millenials, Citizenship, and How I Met Your Mother, Allison N. Novak Chapter 9: Talking Racial Politics Online: The Progressive Potential of Television Dramas in Postracial America and Parasocial Contact, Carole V. Bell Chapter 10: 'Nigga You Gay!' The Post-Racial Millennial Generation's Reception of The Boondocks, David Moody and Jason Zenor
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