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The Audience in Everyday Life: Living in a Media World

Paperback

Main Details

Title The Audience in Everyday Life: Living in a Media World
Authors and Contributors      By (author) S. Elizabeth Bird
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback
Pages:256
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152
Category/GenreTelevision
ISBN/Barcode 9780415942584
ClassificationsDewey:302.23
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations black & white illustrations

Publishing Details

Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint Routledge Member of the Taylor and Francis Group
Publication Date 10 July 2003
Publication Country United States

Description

The Audience in Everyday Life argues that a media audience cannot be studied in front of the television alone - their interaction with media does not simply end when the set is turned off. Instead, we must study the daily lives of audiences to find the undercurrents of media influence in everyday life. Applying new developments in cultural anthropology and folklore to media studies, S.Elizabeth Bird offers a series of empirically based audience studies of phenomena that include media scandals, fan culture, representations of race and ethnicity, tabloid journalism, and runaway media hoaxes. Bird provides a range of useful tools and methods for scholars and students interested in the ways media is consumed in everyday life.

Author Biography

S. Elizabeth Bird is Professor of Anthropology at the University of South Florida. She is author of For Enquiring Minds: A Cultural Study of Supermarket Tabloids and editor of Dressing in Feathers: The Construction of the Indian in American Popular Culture.