Television and the public sphere [electronic resource] : citizenship, democracy, and the media / Peter Dahlgren.

By:

Dahlgren, Peter, 1946-

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Media, culture & society seriesPublication details: London : SAGE, 1995.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 176 p.)ISBN:

9781446250617 (ebook) :

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Additional physical formats: Print version :: No titleDDC classification:

302.2345 23

LOC classification:

PN1992.6 .D28 1995

Online resources:

SAGE knowledge

Summary: Peter Dahlgren clarifies the underlying theoretical concepts of civil society and the public sphere, and relates these to a critical analysis of the practice of television as journalism, as information and as entertainment. He demonstrates the limits and the possibilities of the television medium and the formats of popular journalism. These issues are linked to the potential of the audience to interpret or resist messages, and to construct its own meanings.

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Peter Dahlgren clarifies the underlying theoretical concepts of civil society and the public sphere, and relates these to a critical analysis of the practice of television as journalism, as information and as entertainment. He demonstrates the limits and the possibilities of the television medium and the formats of popular journalism. These issues are linked to the potential of the audience to interpret or resist messages, and to construct its own meanings.