Audience A History of Crowds, Publics, and Individuals

Audience study is a key component of communication, media and cultural studies, and theater, while citizenship and the distinction between crowds and publics (and publics and individuals) interests scholars from sociology to history to politics . In this concise volume, Richard Butsch focuses on the idea of audiences represented as crowds, as publics, and as individuals. Each of these is grounded in conceptions of citizenship. Drawing upon his background in the media history, sociology and American studies, he investigates representations of audiences as they have changed from nineteenth century entertainments through twentieth century media. These representations have consistently interpreted audiences as politically significant. This book is written explicitly for use in courses on media, cultural studies, and on the public sphere.Butsch, Richard is the author of 'Audience A History of Crowds, Publics, and Individuals', published 2007 under ISBN 9780415977906 and ISBN 0415977908.