Media and the restyling of politics : consumerism, celebrity and cynicism / edited by John Corner and Dick Pels.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : The re-styling of politics / John Corner, Dick Pels -- Democracy's inner voice : political style as unintended consequence of political action / Frank Ankersmit -- Aesthetic representation and political style : re-balancing identity and difference in media democracy / Dick Pels -- Mediated persona and political culture / John Corner -- The celebrity politician : political style and popular culture / John Street -- 'After Dallas and Dynasty we have...democracy' : articulating soap, politics and gender / Liesbet van Zoonen -- Citizen consumers : towards a new marketing of politics? / Margaret Scammell -- Lifestyle politics and citizen-consumers : identity, communication and political action in late modern society / W. Lance Bennett -- Reconfiguring civic culture in the new media milieu / Peter Dahlgren -- Popular culture and mediated politics : intellectuals, elites and democracy / Jon Simons -- Marked bodies : environmental activism and political semiotics / Bronislaw Szerszynski.