Pop Culture, Politics, and the News: Entertainment Journalism in the Polarized Media Landscape Penney Joel
Pop Culture, Politics, and the News: Entertainment Journalism in the Polarized Media Landscape Penney Joel In Pop Culture, Politics, and the News, Joel Penney explores how pop culture news has taken…
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Pop Culture, Politics, and the News: Entertainment Journalism in the Polarized Media Landscape Penney Joel
In Pop Culture, Politics, and the News, Joel Penney explores how pop culture news has taken on an important role in contemporary political discourse. Yet due to the "clickbait" economics of the polarized digital news business, the quality of entertainment journalism is often compromised, and consequently, people view pop culture coverage as "soft news" with little substance or public value.Very little is known about how this journalism is produced and consumed as a component of the digital news ecosystem. Through coverage of topics like Hollywood diversity, celebrity controversy, and "cancel culture" backlash, entertainment journalism has emerged as a key source of political information and commentary, providing audiences with an accessible lens into some of the most hot-button issues of our time.
Moreover, we lack a measured sense of its potential impact on the political