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| Title: |
Politicians without Politics, a Polity without Citizens: The Politics of the Chat Show in Contemporary France |
| Author: |
Neveu, Erik |
| Appeared in: |
Modern & contemporary France |
| Paging: | Volume 13 (2005) nr. 3 pages 323-335 |
| Year: |
2005-08-01 |
| Contents: |
Since 2000 the majority of politicians' appearances on French television have occurred on chat shows and 'sofa programmes'. Media professionals often argue that such a development offers a valuable opportunity for politics to be freed of its more boring aspects, for political coverage to reach a broader audience and for politicians to reveal their true character behind the role masks. This article, based on a sample of the major French chat shows of the early part of the twenty-first century, suggests that such arguments should be met with considerable scepticism. The claim of reaching a larger audience is itself open to challenge. More importantly, such programmes contribute to the institutionalisation of 'allodoxia effects', i.e. situations in which political actors and issues requiring specific knowledge and evaluation skills on the part of audiences are presented through frameworks which are usually employed by television to highlight traits such as 'the nice chap' or 'the good performer'. If these programmes can sometimes provide information or interpretative criteria regarding the psychology of politicians, and even prevent some prejudices from taking root, they remain powerless to make sense of the logics of politics or to support a practice of citizenship different from mere consumerism. |
| Publisher: |
Routledge |
| Source file: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
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