The Making of Citizens : Young People, News and Politics

ISBN-13: 9780415214605 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 248 str.

Professor David Buckingham

Opis

News has become our primary means of access to the public sphere of political debate, an essential medium for creating and sustaining an informed citizenry. Yet recent research suggests that television news is largely failing to fulfil these responsibilities, particularly among young people. With each new generation, interest in news media and politics itself has steadily declined. Active citizenship, it seems, is becoming a thing of the past.

Recenzje

'Buckingham links clear argument to empirical study in tracing the relationship between television and "young citizenship". His thoughtful and well-documented analysis valuably extends our sense of what is now at stake in debates about the "public" role of the media and of journalism.' - John Corner, University of Liverpool, UK

'This book will be of interest to all involved in citizenship education and the broader social curriculum.' - Tony Breslin, Times Eduational Supplement

'Illuminating reviews with young people and the issues are sharply formulated.' - The Sociological Review

'Much to offer anyone interested in issues such as the tensions between: genre and audience; the style, form and content of news programmes; affective responses to, and reasoned analyses of, news coverage; and the roles of the media and schools in the political socialisation of young people.' - John Moss, The English and Media Magazine

Spis treści

Preface and Acknowledgments 1. Turning off the News? 2. Beyond Political Socialization 3. Popularity, Post modernity and the Public Sphere 4. Creating Citizens: News, Pedagogy and Empowerment 5. Talking News, Talking Politics 6. Reading Interpretations: The US Study 7. Reading Interpretations: The UK Study 8. Conclusion: News, Education and Citizenship References Index

O autorze

David Buckingham is Reader in Education at the Institute of Education, University of London. He has conducted several major research projects on media education and on young people's relationships with electronic media. His previous books include Children Talking Television (Falmer Press, 1993), Cultural Studies Goes to School (Taylor and Francis, 1994) and Teaching Popular Culture (UCL Press, 1998).