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The Paradox of Democracy - Free Speech, Open Media, and Perilous Persuasion (Hardcover)
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The Paradox of Democracy - Free Speech, Open Media, and Perilous Persuasion (Hardcover)
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A thought-provoking history of communications that challenges ideas
about freedom of speech and democracy. At the heart of democracy
lies a contradiction that cannot be resolved, one that has affected
free societies since their advent: Though freedom of speech and
media has always been a necessary condition of democracy, that very
freedom is also its greatest threat. When new forms of
communications arrive, they often bolster the practices of
democratic politics. But the more accessible the media of a
society, the more susceptible that society is to demagoguery,
distraction, and spectacle. Tracing the history of media disruption
and the various responses to it over time, Zac Gershberg and Sean
Illing reveal how these changes have challenged democracy-often
with unsettling effects. The Paradox of Democracy captures the deep
connection between communication and political culture, from the
ancient art of rhetoric and the revolutionary role of newspapers to
liberal broadcast media and the toxic misinformation of the digital
public sphere. With clear-eyed analysis, Gershberg and Illing show
that our contemporary debates over media, populism, and cancel
culture are not too different from democratic cultural experiences
of the past. As we grapple with a fast-changing, hyper-digital
world, they prove democracy is always perched precipitously on a
razor's edge, now as ever before.
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