Synopses & Reviews
This book is an exploration of the extent to which young people in the UK are disaffected with traditional politics, and particularly the role played by televisual representations of the political process. The authors look at how television represents young people themselves, and at how young people use new forms of media to inform themselves politically.
Synopsis
Why are young people alienated from television news? This book argues that contemporary trends indicating deepening disconnection from news about public life reflect both problems in the way television news covers politics - the single biggest item on the news -and problems with the nature of politics itself under neo-liberal capitalism."
About the Author
LESLEY HENDERSON is Lecturer in Sociology and Communications and Deputy Director of the Centre for Media, Globalisation and Risk at Brunel University, UK.
CRAIG MURRAY is a Research Assistant in the Department of Film and Television Studies at Brunel University, UK.
JULIAN PETLEY is Professor of Film and Television Studies at Brunel University, UK.
MIKE WAYNE is a Reader in the Department of Film and Television Studies at Brunel University, UK.
Table of Contents
The Crisis of Political Representation
Young People, Social Change and Demonization
Politics, Young People and TV Journalistic Practices
Representing Young People in Television News
News Agendas, Politics and Programme Diversity
Television News and the Symbolic Criminalization of Young People
Monopoly Politics and UK Television News
Young Audiences, Politics and Television News
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index