Becoming Citizens in the Age of Television

Becoming Citizens in the Age of Television
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 274
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ISBN-10 : 0226794717
ISBN-13 : 9780226794716
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Download or read book Becoming Citizens in the Age of Television written by David Thelen and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1996-10-15 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acknowledgments Introduction 1: The Participatory Moment 2: "Reagan's Magic" and "Olliemania": How Journalists Invented the American People 3: The Living Traditions of Citizenship: From Monitoring to Mobilizing in the Summer of 1987 4: Turning the Intimate into the Public: The Participatory Act of Writing a Congressman 5: Choosing a Voice and Making It Count 6: Interpreting Politics in Everyday Life 7: Bringing Critical Issues into the Public Forum: Policing the World and Defining Heroism 8: Making Citizens Visible: Toward a Social History of Twentieth-Century American Politics Conclusion: Drawing Politics Closer to Everyday Life Note on Sources and Method Notes Index Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.


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