Remote And Controlled: Media Politics In A Cynical Age, Second Edition

by Matthew Robert Kerbel

Overview

Remote and Controlled examines the issue of widespread cynicism in an era of abundant information, asking whether it is possible to consume a steady diet of mainstream media and still understand and respect the political process.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367319465
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/27/2019
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	190
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Matthew R. Kerbel has been writing about the news media ever since he stopped writing for the news media. A one-time radio and television newswriter and employee of Public Broadcasting, he is author of three books on television and politics, and is professor of political science at Villanova University. He lives in Wayne, PA with his wife Adrienne and his daughter Gabrielle.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments — Introduction: Under the President's Clothes — Two Hundred Years of Politics and Reporting — A War of Words: Coverage of Politics and the Politics of Coverage — Presidential Governance and Other Fantasies — What About Us? — Discussion Questions

Editorial Reviews

. . . renowned cultural critic and blog-fiasco creator Lee Siegel turns his sharp wit on the tube with this collection of essays.

Times Out Chicago

His is commentary that the world's most powerful medium deserves.

Buffalo News

Siegel's feisty writing makes for a provocative read. He writes with refreshingly little regard to fashion or reputation, and does not shy from strong opinions.

Financial Times

Siegel is a judicious observer of television as a tributary flowing into the ocean of mass American culture

Boston Globe

Siegel's pugnacious elegance runs through this collection of TV reviews for the Nation . . .

The Guardian

. . . [Siegel] explores television's use as a lens through which to look at history, human nature, and American culture, you're going to find yourself surfing TV in a new and thrilling way, as Siegel ducks, bobs, and slaloms from concept to concept, tying together themes that seem unlikely to have many points of contact in common, and yet that snap together like puzzle pieces in Siegel's hands.

Edge