Becoming Citizens in the Age of Television
Author | : David Thelen |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 274 |
Release | : 1996-10-15 |
ISBN-10 | : 0226794717 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780226794716 |
Rating | : 4/5 (17 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Acknowledgments Introduction 1: The Participatory Moment 2: "Reagan's Magic" and "Olliemania": How Journalists Invented the American People 3: The Living Traditions of Citizenship: From Monitoring to Mobilizing in the Summer of 1987 4: Turning the Intimate into the Public: The Participatory Act of Writing a Congressman 5: Choosing a Voice and Making It Count 6: Interpreting Politics in Everyday Life 7: Bringing Critical Issues into the Public Forum: Policing the World and Defining Heroism 8: Making Citizens Visible: Toward a Social History of Twentieth-Century American Politics Conclusion: Drawing Politics Closer to Everyday Life Note on Sources and Method Notes Index Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.