The Hollywood Connection (eBook, PDF)

The Influence of Fictional Media and Celebrity Politics on American Public Opinion
Redaktion: Hill, Timothy G.; Yates, Heather E.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The Hollywood Connection: The Influence of Fictional Media and Celebrity Politics on American Public Opinion is one of the first edited volumes offered in the political science discipline on the effects of fictional media and celebrity on public opinion, and synthesizes many niche areas of research into single text. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of acknowledging a shift in academic focus away from the lateral interactions between celebrities and politicians (and in some cases celebrities becoming politicians) toward research that engages the American audience, as consumers of media, as a critical political component. The volume offers a collection of diverse research on questions treating the effects of fictional media on consumer audiences and the larger implications for American politics. This research collection offers both qualitative and quantitative data sources and showcases a variety of methodological approaches (experimental design, public opinion survey analysis, content analysis, etc.), robust theoretical applications, and encompasses a variety of conduits, ranging from television sitcoms to horror films to the action drama 24, that make it both compelling and timely.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216273998
• Artikelnr.: 74832704

Autorenporträt

Timothy G. Hill is professor of political science at Doane University. Heather E. Yates is assistant professor of political science at the University of Central Arkansas.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Defining the Hollywood ConnectionTimothy G. Hill and Heather
E. Yates
Media Ownership Concentration and Minority Representation in Prime Time
Entertainment TelevisionKenneth Mulligan
Laughing at Women: An Examination of how Veep's use of Satire Reinforces
Negative Stereotypes of Women in PoliticsHeather E. Yates
If "This is What a Feminist Looks Like," I Don't Like ItKellee J.
Kirkpatrick and James W. Stoutenborough
Celebrity Policy Entrepreneurs Expand the Scope of ConflictDarin DeWitt
"I'm a Ratings Machine!" Media Coverage and the Celebrity of Donald
TrumpMark Harvey
Can Celebrity Support Increase Presidential Popularity?Anthony Nownes
Attitudes Toward Torture: Analyzing the Effects of the Series 24Heather K.
Evans
Jump Scare Politics: The Political Impact of Nonpolitical Horror
FilmsTimothy G. Hill and Ashley R. Van Fleet
The Hollywood Connection: A Roadmap for Future ResearchTimothy G. Hill and
Heather E. Yates