Informationen zum Autor Tony Kelso is associate professor of media and the chair of the Mass Communication Department at Iona College. He is coauthor of Encyclopedia of Politics, the Media, and Popular Culture and coeditor of Mosh the Polls: Youth Voters, Popular Culture, and Democratic Engagement. In his former extensive career, he worked as a professional advertising copywriter/producer. Brian Cogan (Brooklyn, NY) is an associate professor in the Department of Communications at Molloy College in Long Island, New York. He is the author, co-author, and co-editor of numerous books, articles, and anthologies on popular culture, music, and the media. He is the co-author of Everything I Ever Needed to Know About _____________* I Learned from Monty Python . He is not one to be trifled with. Michael Grabowski is Professor of Communication, Sound, and Media Arts and Director of the Game Design and Production program at Manhattan College. Laura Tropp is professor of communication and media arts at Marymount Manhattan College. Klappentext The purpose of this book is to undertake an analysis from a variety of scholarly standpoints of the innovative ways in which both the political process and the entertainment industry appeal to voters under 30 and how these endeavors are received by the intended audience. Along the way, the book sheds light on the state of the modern American political system and its relationship to entertainment and popular culture. Zusammenfassung The purpose of this book is to undertake an analysis from a variety of scholarly standpoints of the innovative ways in which both the political process and the entertainment industry appeal to voters under 30 and how these endeavors are received by the intended audience. Along the way! the book sheds light on the state of the modern American political system and its relationship to entertainment and popular culture. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Contents Chapter 2 Foreword Chapter 3 Introduction. At the Intersection of Politics and Popular Culture: Over Two Hundred Years of Great Entertainment Part 4 I. Setting the Stage Chapter 5 1. Different Experiences of Young Adults and Other Adults in Mediated Campaigns Chapter 6 2. Links, Chicks, Blogs, Banners: Using the Internet for Youth Voter Mobilization Part 7 II. The Performance Chapter 8 3. Rock the Vote: An Insider's Account of the 2004 Campaign Strategy Chapter 9 4. "Comic Elections and Real News?" The Daily Show , Satire, Public Discourse, and the New Voter Chapter 10 5. Lessons in Appealing to the Young Non-Voter: Michael Moore's Slackers Uprising Tour Chapter 11 6. Screening Abu Ghraib, Reelecting the President: The Symbolic Politics of Torture in Fiction Film and Television, 2003-2005 Chapter 12 7. Cast a Vote: Yo: Targeting the Hip-Hop Generation through Popular Culture Part 13 III. Evaluating the Show Chapter 14 8. Soft News and Young Voters: Why They Tune into It and What They Get Out of It Chapter 15 9. Thin Democracy/Thick Citizenry: Interactive Media and its Lessons for Young Citizens/Consumers Chapter 16 10. Just Don't to Vote or Die, Bitch! A Giant Douche, a Turd Sandwich, Hardcore Puppet Sex, and the Reinvention of Political (Un)Involvement Chapter 17 Index Chapter 18 About the Contributors ...

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Tony Kelso is associate professor of media and the chair of the Mass Communication Department at Iona College. He is coauthor of Encyclopedia of Politics, the Media, and Popular Culture and coeditor of Mosh the Polls: Youth Voters, Popular Culture, and Democratic Engagement. In his former extensive career, he worked as a professional advertising copywriter/producer. Brian Cogan (Brooklyn, NY) is an associate professor in the Department of Communications at Molloy College in Long Island, New York. He is the author, co-author, and co-editor of numerous books, articles, and anthologies on popular culture, music, and the media. He is the co-author of Everything I Ever Needed to Know About _____________ I Learned from Monty Python*. He is not one to be trifled with.Michael Grabowski is Professor of Communication, Sound, and Media Arts and Director of the Game Design and Production program at Manhattan College.Laura Tropp is professor of communication and media arts at Marymount Manhattan College.

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The purpose of this book is to undertake an analysis from a variety of scholarly standpoints of the innovative ways in which both the political process and the entertainment industry appeal to voters under 30 and how these endeavors are received by the intended audience. Along the way, the book sheds light on the state of the modern American political system and its relationship to entertainment and popular culture.

Inhalt

1 Contents
Chapter 2 Foreword
Chapter 3 Introduction. At the Intersection of Politics and Popular Culture: Over Two Hundred Years of Great Entertainment
Part 4 I. Setting the Stage
Chapter 5 1. Different Experiences of Young Adults and Other Adults in Mediated Campaigns
Chapter 6 2. Links, Chicks, Blogs, Banners: Using the Internet for Youth Voter Mobilization
Part 7 II. The Performance
Chapter 8 3. Rock the Vote: An Insider's Account of the 2004 Campaign Strategy
Chapter 9 4. "Comic Elections and Real News?" The Daily Show, Satire, Public Discourse, and the New Voter
Chapter 10 5. Lessons in Appealing to the Young Non-Voter: Michael Moore's Slackers Uprising Tour
Chapter 11 6. Screening Abu Ghraib, Reelecting the President: The Symbolic Politics of Torture in Fiction Film and Television, 2003-2005
Chapter 12 7. Cast a Vote: Yo: Targeting the Hip-Hop Generation through Popular Culture
Part 13 III. Evaluating the Show
Chapter 14 8. Soft News and Young Voters: Why They Tune into It and What They Get Out of It
Chapter 15 9. Thin Democracy/Thick Citizenry: Interactive Media and its Lessons for Young Citizens/Consumers
Chapter 16 10. Just Don't to Vote or Die, Bitch! A Giant Douche, a Turd Sandwich, Hardcore Puppet Sex, and the Reinvention of Political (Un)Involvement
Chapter 17 Index
Chapter 18 About the Contributors