Soundbitten : : The Perils of Media-Centered Political Activism / / Sarah Sobieraj.
There is an elaborate and often invisible carnival that emerges alongside presidential campaigns as innumerable activist groups attempt to press their issues into mainstream political discourse. Sarah Sobieraj’s fascinating ethnographic portrait of fifty diverse organizations over the course of two...
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Sobieraj, Sarah, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Soundbitten : The Perils of Media-Centered Political Activism / Sarah Sobieraj. New York, NY : New York University Press, [2011] ©2011 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 What If the Whole World Isn’t Watching? -- 2 Campaign Events as Catalysts -- 3 Streets as Stage -- 4 “Apparently They Don’t Like Succinct and Articulate” -- 5 Wait, Isn’t That a Bird in Your Hand? -- 6 What About Us? -- Epilogue -- Appendix -- Notes -- References -- Index -- About the Author restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star There is an elaborate and often invisible carnival that emerges alongside presidential campaigns as innumerable activist groups attempt to press their issues into mainstream political discourse. Sarah Sobieraj’s fascinating ethnographic portrait of fifty diverse organizations over the course of two campaign cycles reveals that while most activist groups equate political success with media success and channel their energies accordingly, their efforts fail to generate news coverage and come with deleterious consequences. Sobieraj shows that activists’ impact on public political debates is minimal, and carefully unravels the ways in which their all-consuming media work and unrelenting public relations approach undermine their ability to communicate with pedestrians, comes at the expense of other political activities, and perhaps most perniciously, damages the groups themselves.Weaving together fieldwork, news analysis, and in-depth interviews with activists and journalists, Soundbitten illuminates the relationship between news and activist organizations. This captivating portrait of activism in the United States lays bare the challenges faced by outsiders struggling to be heard in a mass media dominated public sphere that proves exclusionary and shows that media-centrism is not only ineffective, but also damaging to group life. Soundbitten reveals why media-centered activism so often fails, what activist groups lose in the process, and why we should all be concerned. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Mai 2023) Communication in politics United States. Mass media Political aspects United States. Public relations and politics United States. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013 9783110706444 print 9780814741368 https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814788585.001.0001 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780814788585 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780814788585/original |
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