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Using a unique combination of cultural studies research, neo-pragmatist philosophy, and psychoanalytic theory, the author sheds light on the formation of a social identity and the important role that mass media play in this process. Case studies covering a range of media and communities provide a model for developing a truly explanatory as well as descriptive account of self-media interaction that bridges the two opposing sides of the media audience debate and provides a significant new dimension to notions of 'passive' and 'active' media audiences.
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About the author
STEVE BAILEY is Assistant Professor of Humanities in the Information Age at York University in Toronto, Canada. His work has appeared in numerous scholarly journals, including Popular Music and Society, Communication Review, Velvet Light Trap and Discourse of Sociological Practice.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Media Audiences and Identity
Book Subtitle: Self-Construction in the Fan Experience
Authors: Steve Bailey
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230501119
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2005
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-4542-6Published: 08 September 2005
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-52299-6Published: 01 January 2005
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-50111-9Published: 08 September 2005
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 228
Topics: Regional and Cultural Studies, Social Theory, Media Studies, Cultural Studies