Beyond Representational Correctness: Rethinking Criticism of Popular Media

by Edward Schiappa

Book Overview

Representational correctness describes an implicit set of norms, including accuracy, purity, and innocence, that guide much of popular media criticism. In this provocative book, Edward Schiappa argues that representational correctness is unproductive, antagonistic to audience research, and typically disconnected from relevant social psychological or mass communication theories. Analyzing criticisms of such television shows as Will & Grace and Queer...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0791474232
• ISBN13: 9780791474235
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 217 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"