TY - BOOK AU - Hartley,John TI - Popular reality: journalism, modernity, popular culture SN - 0340584890 AV - PN4731 .H337 1996 U1 - 070.4 21 PY - 1996/// CY - London, England, New York PB - Arnold KW - Journalism KW - Popular culture N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-260) and index; Acknowledgements --; Introduction: What is Popular Reality? (The Politics of Kissing) --; 1; Journalism and Modernity (Journalism, Media, Popular Culture) --; 2; Citizens of Media (Technologies of Readership) --; 3; The Public Sphere (Liberty) --; 4; The Semiosphere (Fraternity) --; 5; The Mediasphere (Equality) --; 6; The Postmodern Public Sphere (Suburbia) --; 7; The Frock of the New (Sexualization and Telebrity) --; 8; The Triumph of the Still (Gunners and Gallantry) --; 9; Journalism Matters (Radical Ratbags) --; Bibliography --; Index N2 - "Popular Reality is a major new study of journalism in modernity. For the first time, journalism is treated as a textual system, a "mediasphere" without which modernity's twin energies--the pursuit of freedom and comfort--could not have enjoyed their social and global reach. Hartley provides awealth of theoretical analysis and historical detail to reconceptualize the significance of modern journalism from the point of view of its greatest creation--popular readerships."--Publisher description ER -