Political Animals

Alec Charles

ISBN 10: 1787070077 / ISBN 13: 9781787070073

Edité par Peter Lang, Peter Lang Sep 2016, 2016

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Neuware -Newspapers have long been enthralled by accounts of cute, cuddly, strange, dangerous and endangered beasts, and by extraordinary and sometimes apocryphal narratives of natural phenomena. This study explores the incidence of several such stories in the British press: from reports of the 'ethnic' conflicts between different species of squirrel to the tragedy of Cecil the slaughtered Zimbabwean lion. It takes in, along the way, the celebrity of Knut the polar bear, the Tamworth Two and the Exmoor Emperor. It surveys the media representation of the natural landscape from the crocodile-infested reaches of the River Thames out as far as the bleak wastes of the former planet Pluto. In doing so, and in conversation with reporters and players in these tales, it investigates the political subtexts and social meanings of such stories, and seeks thereby to reveal the real value of such soft, sentimental and sometimes silly news. 230 pp. Englisch.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Political Animals
• Éditeur: Peter Lang, Peter Lang Sep 2016
• Date de parution: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1787070077
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781787070073
• Reliure: Taschenbuch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 225 L x 150 H x 13 P (en millimètres) 225 millimètres de largeur par 150 millimètres de hauteur par 13 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 330 grammes

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Synopsis

Newspapers have long been enthralled by accounts of cute, cuddly, strange, dangerous and endangered beasts, and by extraordinary narratives of natural phenomena. This study explores the incidence of several such stories in the British press. It investigates the political subtexts and social meanings exchanged in the media landscape.

À propos de l?auteur

Alec Charles is Head of Media at the University of Chester and co-convenor of the Political Studies Association's Media & Politics Group. He has previously taught at universities in Japan, Eastern Europe, Cornwall and Luton, has worked as a print journalist, and has made cultural documentaries for BBC Radio 3. He is the author of Interactivity: New Media, Politics & Society, Interactivity 2 and Out of Time: The Deaths & Resurrections of Doctor Who. He is co-editor of The End of Journalism, and editor of Media in the Enlarged Europe, Media/Democracy and The End of Journalism 2.