Popular Culture and Mediated Politics: Intellectuals, Elites and Democracy

Simons, Jon

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“…In thus prioritizing print‐based culture together with critical reasoning in the form of systematic exposition and verbal argumentation, such a diagnosis reflects intellectual elitism, critics have suggested. They sometimes also insinuate that much of the intellectual pessimism about mediated culture and democracy should be understood as a loss of intellectual authority of a class of intellectuals whose form of cultural capital has been invested almost entirely in typographic media (Simons “Popular Culture and Mediated Politics” 74, 87).…”

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Celebrity Culture, Performative Politics, and the Spectacle of “Democracy” in America

Elteren¹

2013

J of American Culture

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Celebrity Culture, Performative Politics, and the Spectacle of “Democracy” in America

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2013

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“…Corner and Pels, for example, in their edited book Media and the Restyling of Politics (2003b) aim to engage with the 'aesthetics of the political self'what they call 'political style' (Corner and Pels 2003a: 6). The contributing chapters to their volume, however, not only remain rather abstract (Ankersmit 2003;Pels 2003;Corner 2003) but also end up conforming with the main existing avenues of researchagain the analysis of political campaigning (Bennett 2003), the connections of political communication with popular culture (Simons 2003;Street 2003;van Zoonen 2003) and political marketing (Scammell 2003).…”

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Image, self-presentation and political communication in the age of interconnection: An alternative understanding of the mediatization of politics

Archetti

2017

Northern Lights: Film &Amp; Media Studies Yearbook

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The way politicians 'look' is taken to be one of the essential aspects of the 'mediatization' and 'professionalization' of politics. Yet there is very little research about the role of image and selfpresentation in political communication. This article presents the results of a study that aims to fill this gap by mapping where and how image fits within broader processes of identity and meaning construction in contemporary politics. On the basis of 51 interviews, it compares the role of personal image in the everyday political practices of both British and Italian local politicians and members of the European Parliament. The analysis develops an alternative conceptual framework to make sense of the role of image in twenty-first century politics, showing that the alleged deleterious effects of a 'cult of appearances' on democracy reflects more the narrowness of academic enquiry and the legacy of outdated linear models of politicsmedia relationships than the much more variegated and networked reality of contemporary politics. KEYWORDS mediatization professionalization image technology actor network theory (ANT) interviews Study of the UK and Italy (Palgrave, 2014). She has won, among other international prizes, the 2008 Denis McQuail Award for Innovating Communication Theory. Cristina's research interests cover political communication in its contemporary multifaceted forms. She has written on: the relationship between politicians and journalists; the role of image in the mediatization of politics; the impact of new media on diplomatic practice and diplomacy 2.0; the role the media in radicalization, extremism and counter-extremism and the effects of digital technologies on international journalism and foreign correspondence.

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“…Opinion spectacles flourish when there are such synergies between political and commercial agendas of news brands and journalists, who work effectively across representational and presentational media. Simons (2003) argues that dismissing celebritised political news as trivial misses its potentials to engage audiences. The complexity of networked production practices and known associations across media and political spheres reflects how visibility and celebrification can facilitate political debate, self-as-brand or both.…”

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“…Simons (2003) argues that dismissing celebritised political news as trivial misses its potentials to engage audiences. The complexity of networked production practices and known associations across media and political spheres reflects how visibility and celebrification can facilitate political debate, self-as-brand or both.…”

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The celebrified columnist and opinion spectacle: Journalism’s changing place in networked public spheres

Usher

2020

Journalism

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The professional practices of journalists have transformed. Dynamics of self-branding, celebrification and audience interactivity now govern modes of production on and beyond social media. Persona construction and performance in networked media environments increases visibility and reach, with followers, clicks, shares and likes, the markers of professional success. While British newspapers have a long tradition of high-profile columnists from across media and political spheres, the complexities of networked practices as part of globalised news and politics have transformed structure and agency. Lines are blurred between ‘social media influencer’, ‘celebrity’, ‘journalist’ and ‘political activist’ and this comparative case study uses mixed methods to analyse the work of two leading figures who embody such changes. First, it highlights how production practices intertwine the multimedia techniques of digital-first microcelebrities with the newsgathering methods and discourses of print and broadcast journalism. Second, it examines how performances negotiate displays of authenticity, authority and ‘attack’ to construct self-identities and political commentaries that resonate with followers/audiences and then channel them towards action. Finally, it demonstrates that their work reflects the hallmarks of spectacle and considers commercial and political purposes and impacts on journalism’s place in deliberative democracies.

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Popular Culture and Mediated Politics: Intellectuals, Elites and Democracy

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Celebrity Culture, Performative Politics, and the Spectacle of “Democracy” in America

Celebrity Culture, Performative Politics, and the Spectacle of “Democracy” in America

Image, self-presentation and political communication in the age of interconnection: An alternative understanding of the mediatization of politics

The celebrified columnist and opinion spectacle: Journalism’s changing place in networked public spheres

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