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Examines rigorously perhaps the most important debate within TV Studies... Smartly and engagingly written, this book draws on Turner's extensive work in this area to show how thinking about ordinary people and media offers valuable insights into areas such as globalisation, media industries, participation, representation, cultural politics and technology
Brett Mills
University of East Anglia

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Examines rigorously perhaps the most important debate within TV Studies... Smartly and engagingly written, this book draws on Turner's extensive work in this area to show how thinking about ordinary people and media offers valuable insights into areas such as globalisation, media industries, participation, representation, cultural politics and technology
Brett Mills
University of East Anglia

Turner explores celebrity and tabloid culture; reality TV; blogs and blogging; talk radio; and user-generated content online. He points out that the anticipated democratic nature of media is actually becoming demonic in a sense that media users/producers are positioned to participate in a culture of entertainment rather than establishing democratic news.

Ms Irena Loveikaite

Excellent author on this subject, currently re-defining the nature of the discipline. Very specific and relevant case studies

Miss Lynda Juliet Fitzwater

Excellent

Ms Angela Grier

The book's chapter on talk radio in America and Australia are interesting, although its focus is mainly political, and therefore not suited for adaption in this particular class, where the focus is more on the phenomenological dailiness of radio. But as a supplement to for instance Paddy Scannell's analyses of talk radio in Broadcast Talk and Television, Radio and Modern Life, it's a recommended read.

Mrs Mette Abildgaard

A very interesting looking at the role of the citizen in the media and its implications for democracy,

Mr Malcolm Bradbrook

Very thought provoking and excellent for teaching, students may see it a little Aus/US focused as there are few examples from the UK

Dr Darren Lilleker

Extremely useful contemporary view - required reading.

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