Mosh the Polls Youth Voters, Popular Culture, and Democratic Engagement

Name: Mosh the Polls Youth Voters, Popular Culture, and Democratic Engagement
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ISBN: 9780739122303

ISBN-10: 0739122304

ISBN-13: 9780739122303

Edition: 2008

Authors: Tony Kelso, Brian Cogan, Marco Calavita, Xiaoxiao Cao, Brandy Chappell

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Book details

List price: $90.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Lexington Books
Publication date: 9/26/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English



Foreword



Introduction: At the Intersection of Politics and Popular Culture: Over Two Hundred Years of Great Entertainment




Setting the Stage



Different Experiences of Young Adults and Other Adults in Mediated Campaigns




Links, Chicks, Blogs, Banners: Using the Internet for Youth Voter Mobilization




The Performance



Rock the Vote: An Insider's Account of the 2004 Campaign Strategy




"Comic Elections and Real News?" The Daily Show, Satire, Public Discourse, and the New Voter




Lessons in Appealing to the Young Non-Voter: Michael Moore's Slackers Uprising Tour




Screening Abu Ghraib, Reelecting the President: The Symbolic Politics of Torture in Fiction Film and Television, 2003-2005




Cast a Vote, Yo: Targeting the Hip-Hop Generation through Popular Culture




Evaluating the Show



Soft News and Young Voters: Why They Tune into It and What They Get Out of It




Thin Democracy/Thick Citizenry: Interactive Media and Its Lessons for Young Citizen/Consumers




Just Don't Bother to Vote or Die, Bitch! A Giant Douche, a Turd Sandwich, Hardcore Puppet Sex, and the Reinvention of Political (Un)Involvement



Index


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