Not Kidding: Politics in Online Tabloids (Studies in Critical Social Sciences, 283)

by: Helena Chmielewska-Szlajfer (Author)

Publisher: Brill Academic Pub

Publication Date: 2024/6/27

Language: English

Print Length: 284 pages

ISBN-10: 9004692630

ISBN-13: 9789004692633

Book Description

Often reduced to the role of sensationalist gossipmongers, online tabloids are a vital source of political news for the public. This book offers a deep dive into Pudelek, Mail Online, and Gawker 2015-2016 political campaign coverage in Poland, the UK, and the US to expose the key “(not) kidding” frame: ambiguous, reactive to readers, and shielding online tabloids from accusations of deteriorating democracy.

About the Author

Often reduced to the role of sensationalist gossipmongers, online tabloids are a vital source of political news for the public. This book offers a deep dive into Pudelek, Mail Online, and Gawker 2015-2016 political campaign coverage in Poland, the UK, and the US to expose the key “(not) kidding” frame: ambiguous, reactive to readers, and shielding online tabloids from accusations of deteriorating democracy.