Citizen Audience: A History of Crowds, Publics, and Individuals

by RichardButsch (Author)

• New

  Paperback
  2008

  $41.31

  Focuses on the representation of audiences in a range of discourses. This book identifies bad audiences depicted as crowds or isolated individuals, and good audiences as publics. They are measured against the standard of citizenship, revealing preoccupation with the political significance of audiences in these discourses.

• New

  Hardcover
  2006

  $158.42

  Explores the cultural and political history of audiences in the United States from the nineteenth century. This book is suitable for those seeking an historical understanding of how audiences, media and entertainment function in the American cultural and political imagination.