Mosh the polls : youth voters, popular culture, and democratic engagement /
edited by Tony Kelso and Brian Cogan.
- xii, 259 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword / At the Intersection of Politics and Popular Culture: Over Two Hundred Years of Great Entertainment / Different Experiences of Young Adults and Other Adults in Mediated Campaigns / Links, Chicks, Blogs, Banners: Using the Internet for Youth Voter Mobilization / Rock the Vote: An Insider's Account of the 2004 Campaign Strategy / "Comic Elections and Real News?" The Daily Show, Satire, Public Discourse, and the New Voter / Lessons in Appealing to the Young Non-Voter: Michael Moore's Slackers Uprising Tour / Screening Abu Ghraib, Reelecting the President: The Symbolic Politics of Torture in Fiction Film and Television, 2003-2005 / Cast a Vote, Yo: Targeting the Hip-Hop Generation through Popular Culture / Soft News and Young Voters: Why They Tune into It and What They Get Out of It / Thin Democracy/Thick Citizenry: Interactive Media and Its Lessons for Young Citizen/Consumers / Just Don't Bother to Vote or Die, Bitch! A Giant Douche, a Turd Sandwich, Hardcore Puppet Sex, and the Reinvention of Political (Un)Involvement / Arthur Sanders -- Tony Kelso and Brian Cogan -- Robert J. Klotz -- Laura Tropp -- Aaron Teeter and Brandy Chappell -- Brian Cogan -- Michael Grabowski -- Marco Calavita -- Tony Kelso -- Xiaoxia Cao -- Shawn McIntosh -- Marc Leverette. Introduction. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.