(Not) Kidding : : Politics in Online Tabloids / / Helena Chmielewska-Szlajfer.

• Superior document: Social Sciences E-Books Online, Collection 2024
• VerfasserIn: Chmielewska-Szlajfer, Helena,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2024.; ©2024
• Year of Publication: 2024
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Social Sciences E-Books Online, Collection 2024.; Studies in Critical Social Sciences ; 283
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (286 pages)

Often reduced to the role of sensationalist gossipmongers, online tabloids are a vital source of political news for the public. This book offers a deep dive into Pudelek, Mail Online, and Gawker coverage of 2015-2016 political campaigns in Poland, the United Kingdom, and the United States, where vot...

Table of Contents

• Front Cover
• Half Title
• Series Information
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Figures and Tables
• Chapter 1 How Did We Get Here?: Tabloidization of News and the 2015-16 Elections in Poland, UK, and the US
• 1 What Happened? The Unexpected Results of 2015 Elections in Poland, 2016 Brexit Referendum and 2016 Presidential Elections in the United States
• 1.1 Introduction
• 1.2 Explanations of Flawed Polls
• 1.3 Explanations of Flawed Media Coverage
• 1.4 Politics in Online Tabloids as a Lens for Underrepresented Voices
• 1.5 Tabloid Authority
• 1.6 Popular Passions
• 2 A Short History of the Tabloidization of News in Poland, the United Kingdom and the United States
• 2.1 Tabloid Influence on News in the UK, US and Poland: In Brief
• 2.2 United Kingdom
• 2.3 United States
• 2.4 Poland
• 3 How Did We Get Here? Tabloidization of News-Making Today
• 3.1 "Tabloidization," or a Definition of Power
• 3.2 Default Online Tabloid Style: Backstory
• 3.3 Tabloid Influence: Political Scandal
• 3.4 The Cultural Frame for Politics in Online Tabloids
• 4 Short Note on Methods and the Following Chapters
• References
• Chapter 2 Politicians Are Crooks, Votes Are Rigged, and Other Visions of an (Un)just World
• 1 Background on Gawker, Mail Online, and Pudelek: The Rise of Online News, and News Media Struggles for Profit
• 1.1 Introduction
• 1.2 Emergence and Rise of the Three Online Tabloids
• 2 Politics of Online Tabloid Attention
• 2.1 Game Frame, Scandal Frame, "Elite" Insult
• 2.2 Entertaining Politicians
• 2.3 The Commenters
• 3 What's Popular in Online Tabloid Political Coverage? A Close Look at Campaign News
• 3.1 Numbers and Themes
• 3.2 Poland 2015 Presidential Campaign
• 3.2.1 Pudelek
• 3.2.1.1 Criticism towards Celebrities and Journalists.
• 3.2.1.2 Negative Attitudes towards Bronisław Komorowski
• 3.2.1.3 General Comments
• 3.2.1.4 Mentions of Paweł Kukiz
• 3.2.2 Gawker &amp
• Mail Online
• 3.2.2.1 PiS Victory in the Fall 2015 Parliamentary Election
• 3.3 United Kingdom 2016 EU Referendum Campaign
• 3.3.1 Mail Online
• 3.3.1.1 European Union
• 3.3.1.2 Immigration
• 3.3.1.3 Negative Attitudes towards Leavers/Brexit
• 3.3.2 Gawker
• 3.3.2.1 General Comments
• 3.3.2.2 Conversations between Commenters
• 3.3.2.3 Economy/Recession
• 3.3.3 Pudelek
• 3.3.3.1 General Comments
• 3.3.3.2 European Union
• 3.3.3.3 Poles in the United Kingdom
• 3.4 United States 2016 Presidential Campaign
• 3.4.1 Gawker
• 3.4.1.1 Negative Attitudes towards Donald Trump/Republicans
• 3.4.1.2 Conversations between Commenters
• 3.4.1.3 Sex and Sexism
• 3.4.2 Mail Online
• 3.4.2.1 Negative Attitudes towards Hillary Clinton/Democrats
• 3.4.2.2 Negative Attitudes towards Donald Trump/Republicans
• 3.4.2.3 Sex and sexism
• 3.4.3 Pudelek
• 3.4.3.1 General Comments
• 3.4.3.2 Photo Galleries
• 3.4.3.3 Negative Attitudes towards Hillary Clinton/Democrats
• 4 A Brief Summary, and Moving on to the Next Chapter
• References
• Chapter 3 Backoffice, or How Online Tabloid Journalists Write on Politics
• 1 Getting to Talk to Online Tabloid Writers. A Personal Methodological Note on Finding Sources in Different Journalistic Cultures
• 2 Content and Comments
• 2.1 Content 101: Newsworthy, Entertaining, Reactive
• 2.2 Comments, Commenters, Language
• 2.3 Journalists on Commenters
• 2.4 Commenters on Journalists
• 3 Newsroom Agendas
• 3.1 Newsworthiness and Traffic
• 3.2 Newsroom Routines
• 3.3 Newsroom Changes
• 3.4 Professionalism
• 3.5 Politics, Principles, and Secrets
• References
• Chapter 4 Conclusion: Online Tabloid Voices and Democracy.
• 1 Producing Knowledge and Inclusion in Journalistic Authority
• 2 Voicing Popular Passions and Exposing (Im)morality
• 3 The L(e)ast Credible Source and Democracy
• References
• Index
• Back Cover.