001480276 000__ 04609nam\a22007575i\4500 001480276 001__ 1480276 001480276 003__ DE-B1597 001480276 005__ 20231026035133.0 001480276 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 001480276 007__ cr\un\nnnunnun 001480276 008__ 230918t20112011nyu\\\\\o\\d\z\\\\\\eng\d 001480276 020__ $$a9780814788585 001480276 0247_ $$a10.18574/nyu/9780814788585.001.0001$$2doi 001480276 035__ $$a(DE-B1597)548087 001480276 040__ $$aDE-B1597$$beng$$cDE-B1597$$erda 001480276 0410_ $$aeng 001480276 044__ $$anyu$$cUS-NY 001480276 072_7 $$aSOC052000$$2bisacsh 001480276 08204 $$a324.7/30973$$222 001480276 1001_ $$aSobieraj, Sarah, $$eauthor.$$4aut$$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut. 001480276 24510 $$aSoundbitten :$$bThe Perils of Media-Centered Political Activism /$$cSarah Sobieraj. 001480276 264_1 $$aNew York, NY : : $$bNew York University Press, $$c[2011] 001480276 264_4 $$c©2011 001480276 300__ $$a1 online resource 001480276 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 001480276 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 001480276 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 001480276 347__ $$atext file$$bPDF$$2rda 001480276 50500 $$tFrontmatter -- $$tContents -- $$tAcknowledgments -- $$t1 What If the Whole World Isn't Watching? -- $$t2 Campaign Events as Catalysts -- $$t3 Streets as Stage -- $$t4 "Apparently They Don't Like Succinct and Articulate" -- $$t5 Wait, Isn't That a Bird in Your Hand? -- $$t6 What About Us? -- $$tEpilogue -- $$tAppendix -- $$tNotes -- $$tReferences -- $$tIndex -- $$tAbout the Author 001480276 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 001480276 520__ $$aThere is an elaborate and often invisible carnival that emerges alongside presidential campaigns as innumerable activist groups attempt to press their issues into mainstream political discourse. Sarah Sobieraj's fascinating ethnographic portrait of fifty diverse organizations over the course of two campaign cycles reveals that while most activist groups equate political success with media success and channel their energies accordingly, their efforts fail to generate news coverage and come with deleterious consequences. Sobieraj shows that activists' impact on public political debates is minimal, and carefully unravels the ways in which their all-consuming media work and unrelenting public relations approach undermine their ability to communicate with pedestrians, comes at the expense of other political activities, and perhaps most perniciously, damages the groups themselves.Weaving together fieldwork, news analysis, and in-depth interviews with activists and journalists, Soundbitten illuminates the relationship between news and activist organizations. This captivating portrait of activism in the United States lays bare the challenges faced by outsiders struggling to be heard in a mass media dominated public sphere that proves exclusionary and shows that media-centrism is not only ineffective, but also damaging to group life. Soundbitten reveals why media-centered activism so often fails, what activist groups lose in the process, and why we should all be concerned. 001480276 538__ $$aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. 001480276 546__ $$aIn English. 001480276 5880_ $$aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 18. Sep 2023) 001480276 650_4 $$aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies$$2sh. 001480276 655_0 $$aElectronic books 001480276 77308 $$iTitle is part of eBook package:$$dDe Gruyter$$tNew York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013$$z9783110706444 001480276 7760_ $$cprint$$z9780814741368 001480276 852__ $$bebk 001480276 85640 $$3De Gruyter$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780814788585$$zOnline Access 001480276 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:1480276$$pGLOBAL_SET 001480276 912__ $$a978-3-11-070644-4 New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013$$c2000$$d2013 001480276 912__ $$aEBA_BACKALL 001480276 912__ $$aEBA_CL_HICS 001480276 912__ $$aEBA_EBACKALL 001480276 912__ $$aEBA_EBKALL 001480276 912__ $$aEBA_ECL_HICS 001480276 912__ $$aEBA_EEBKALL 001480276 912__ $$aEBA_ESSHALL 001480276 912__ $$aEBA_PPALL 001480276 912__ $$aEBA_SSHALL 001480276 912__ $$aGBV-deGruyter-alles 001480276 912__ $$aPDA11SSHE 001480276 912__ $$aPDA13ENGE 001480276 912__ $$aPDA17SSHEE 001480276 912__ $$aPDA5EBK 001480276 980__ $$aBIB 001480276 980__ $$aEBOOK 001480276 982__ $$aEbook 001480276 983__ $$aOnline