The Politics of Pictures: The Creation of the Public in the Age of Popular MediaThe Politics of Pictures is a history of looking, from Aristotle to TV audiences, from the invention of photography to the meaning of picnics, from Leviathan to synchronised swimming, Dr Johnson to the sexualization of war. John Hartley's wide-ranging and sometimes bizarre journey of discovery looks for the public in the realm of media, where citizens are now literally represented on screen and page. The book investigates popular media reality by showing how pictures and texts are powerful political forces in their own right, using a variety of primary texts to explore the way publics have been created, and exploring the political uses of media audiences. The unconventional approach is designed to show how popular reality looks to itself, and how its peculiar forms and connections actually challenge some venerable political and philosophical truths. |
Contents
A hairbrush with cultural studies | 15 |
The politics of pictures | 28 |
For all flesh is as grass | 42 |
A glance at pervasion in the postmodern | 84 |
From a sea monster | 119 |
Journalism and the visualization of truth | 140 |
Universal v adversarial journalism | 164 |
Notes | 216 |
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Other editions - View all
The Politics of Pictures: The Creation of the Public in the Age of the ... John Hartley Limited preview - 2017 |
The Twenty-First Century Performance Reader Teresa Brayshaw,Anna Fenemore,Noel Witts Limited preview - 1992 |
The Politics of Pictures: The Creation of the Public in the Age of Popular Media John Hartley No preview available - 1992 |
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