{"product_id":"talking-politics-hardback-9780521430623","title":"Talking Politics (Hardback) 9780521430623","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTalking Politics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWilliam Gamson asks, how is it that so many people become active in movements if they are so uninterested and badly informed about issues?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eWilliam A. Gamson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521430623, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 28 August 1992\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e290 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm, 0.6 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"...with a fine integration of findings from other studies, the book is a major contribution to our understanding of how people develop political consciousness.\"   R. E. O'Connor, Choice\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThose who analyze public opinion have long contended that the average citizen is incapable of recounting consistently even the most rudimentary facts about current politics; that the little the average person does know is taken strictly from what the media report, with no critical reflection; and that the consequence is a polity that is ill prepared for democratic governance. And yet social movements, comprised by and large of average citizens, have been a prominent feature of the American political scene throughout American history and have experienced a resurgence. William Gamson asks, how is it that so many people become active in movements if they are so uninterested and badly informed about issues? The conclusion he reaches in this book is a striking refutation of the common wisdom about the public's inability to reason about politics.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of figures and tables\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Political consciousness\u003cbr\u003e 2. Conversations and media discourse\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Collective Action Frames: 3. Injustoce\u003cbr\u003e 4. Agency\u003cbr\u003e 5. Identity\u003cbr\u003e 6. Talk and action\u003cbr\u003e Part II. How People Negotiate Meaning: 7. Media, popular wisdom, and experience\u003cbr\u003e 8. Cultural resonances\u003cbr\u003e 9. Proximity and engagement\u003cbr\u003e 10. Developing political consciousness\u003cbr\u003e Appendices\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Communication studies [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Communication studies\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Communication%20studies%20%5BGTC%5D%22\"\u003eGTC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005933768984,"sku":"9780521430623","price":48.85,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521430623i_f4d0c3fc-71b0-4373-92c1-3f98d718e344.jpg?v=1691381723","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/talking-politics-hardback-9780521430623","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}