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Title: Celebrity Politics
Condition: New
Author: Mark Wheeler
Format: Hardback
EAN: 9780745652481
ISBN: 9780745652481
Publisher: Polity Press
Genre: Law & Politics
Topic: Society & Culture
Release Date: 28/06/2013
Description: In this new book, Mark Wheeler offers the first in-depth analysis of the history, nature and global reach of celebrity politics today.

Celebrity politicians and politicized celebrities have had a profound impact upon the practice of politics and the way in which it is now communicated. New forms of political participation have emerged as a result and the political classes have increasingly absorbed the values of celebrity into their own PR strategies. Celebrity activists, endorsers, humanitarians and diplomats also play a part in reconfiguring politics for a more fragmented and image-conscious public arena.

In academic circles, celebrity may be viewed as a ‘manufactured product’; one fabricated by media exposure so that celebrity activists are no more than ‘bards of the powerful.’ Mark Wheeler, however, provides a more nuanced critique contending that both celebrity politicians and politicized stars should be defined by their ‘affective capacity’ to operate within the public sphere. This timely book will be a valuable resource for students of media and communication studies and political science as well as general readers keen to understand the nature and reach of contemporary celebrity culture.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Item Height: 228mm
Item Length: 160mm
Item Width: 23mm
Item Weight: 464g
Book Series: Contemporary Political Communication
Release Year: 2013

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