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Within media research and cultural studies, the mediation of politicians and the play-off between versions of high and low politics are attracting increasing interest. Media and the Restyling of Politics brings together the work of leading academics in media and cultural studies to pursue an agenda of research, analysis and debate about the changing nature of political culture and its mediation. The contributors question the ways in which emerging forms of political style relate not only to new conventions of celebrity and publicity but to ideas about representation, citizenship and the democratic process. Topics covered include: celebrity politicians, the marketing of politics, identity and popular culture.
The Celebrity Politician: Political Style and Popular Culture
The Celebrity Politician: Political Style and Popular Culture
Arlette Laguiller, candidate for extreme left Lutte Ouvrière (Worker's Struggle) and surprise third favourite [in the 2002 French Presidential campaign], has a team of media finesse merchants who are driving political journalists crazy Le Monde's Caroline Monnot rails against the Trotskyists: ‘Lutte Ouvrière is borrowing the tactics from movie stars' agents. Accreditations have to be applied for, there are waiting lists and you only get three timed questions with the star. It's as though you were interviewing Julia Roberts or Andie MacDowell.’ (Stuart Jeffries, ‘How the French lost their cleavage’, The Guardian, 14 April 2002)
This report on the 2002 French Presidential contest suggests that politicians – even those on the ...
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