Television and the Public Sphere: Citizenship, Democracy and the Media

by Peter Dahlgren

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803989237
• ISBN13: 9780803989238
• Release Date: October 1995
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"