Entertainment journalism as a resource for public connection: A qualitative study of digital news audiences

IF 2.3 1区 文学 Q1 COMMUNICATION
J. Penney
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Abstract

Entertainment journalism has long been a marginal object of academic inquiry due to its reputation as a trivial distraction from public affairs journalism, yet this view has since been challenged by scholars who emphasize its substantive role in political discourse. Although previous research has disputed the idea that entertainment news helps audiences forge connections with public issues, the present study renews this line of inquiry at a time when this journalism has increasingly become a driver of political reporting and opinion, particularly in tandem with activism efforts addressing the media representation of marginalized identity groups as well as celebrity-fueled public advocacy. In-depth interviews are used to illuminate the interpretive processes of US audience members who engage online with this news, outlining how it is used as a resource for navigating the politics of media representation, for making political meanings from celebrity culture, and for fulminating right-wing backlash to cultural institutions.
娱乐新闻作为公众联系的资源:数字新闻受众的定性研究
长期以来,娱乐新闻一直是学术研究的边缘对象,因为它被认为是公共事务新闻的微不足道的分心,但这种观点受到了强调其在政治话语中的实质性作用的学者的挑战。尽管之前的研究对娱乐新闻帮助观众与公共问题建立联系的观点提出了质疑,但目前的研究更新了这条调查路线,因为新闻报道越来越多地成为政治报道和观点的驱动力,特别是与解决边缘化身份群体的媒体代表以及名人推动的公众倡导的激进主义努力相结合。深度访谈用于阐明在线参与这一新闻的美国受众的解释过程,概述它如何被用作导航媒体代表政治的资源,从名人文化中获得政治意义,以及对右翼对文化机构的强烈抵制。
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6.40
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期刊介绍: Media, Culture & Society provides a major international forum for the presentation of research and discussion concerning the media, including the newer information and communication technologies, within their political, economic, cultural and historical contexts. It regularly engages with a wider range of issues in cultural and social analysis. Its focus is on substantive topics and on critique and innovation in theory and method. An interdisciplinary journal, it welcomes contributions in any relevant areas and from a worldwide authorship.
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