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Truth in the Public Sphere (Hardcover)
Jason Hannan; Contributions by David I. Backer, Chris Balaschak, Makeda Best, Charles Bingham, …
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R2,638
Discovery Miles 26 380
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Has truth become a casualty of America's increasingly caustic and
volatile political culture? Truth in the Public Sphere seeks to
understand the significance of truth for the everyday world of
human communication. To this end, this book explores the place of
truth in several facets of the public sphere: language, ethics,
journalism, politics, media, and art. Featuring an international
group of contributors from across the humanities and social
sciences, this collection is a definitive supplement to theoretical
debates about the meaning and status of truth.
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Truth in the Public Sphere (Paperback)
Jason Hannan; Contributions by David I. Backer, Chris Balaschak, Makeda Best, Charles Bingham, …
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R1,142
Discovery Miles 11 420
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Has truth become a casualty of America's increasingly caustic and
volatile political culture? Truth in the Public Sphere seeks to
understand the significance of truth for the everyday world of
human communication. To this end, this book explores the place of
truth in several facets of the public sphere: language, ethics,
journalism, politics, media, and art. Featuring an international
group of contributors from across the humanities and social
sciences, this collection is a definitive supplement to theoretical
debates about the meaning and status of truth.
with foreword by Michael X. Delli Carpini, Annenberg School for
Communication, University of Pennsylvania, USA This book critiques
U.S. public policy about communication and offers guidelines to
improve public safety and create strong democratic communities. The
lack of effective emergency communication, basic information about
health care, education, jobs and the economy, and civic life is at
a crisis state, creating problems for the whole community, not just
a vulnerable few. The Communications Crisis in America is not
because of changing markets or new technology, it is the failure of
public policy. The authors include economists, sociologists,
journalists, lawyers and a diverse group of media and communication
scholars, all offering an urgent call to action and difficult, but
achievable steps forward.
Battleground models Wisconsin's contentious political communication
ecology: the way that politics, social life, and communication
intersect and create conditions of polarization and democratic
decline. Drawing from 10 years of interviews, news and social media
content, and state-wide surveys, we combine qualitative and
computational analysis with time-series and multi-level modeling to
study this hybrid communication system - an approach that yields
unique insights about nationalization, social structure,
conventional discourses, and the lifeworld. We explore these
concepts through case studies of immigration, healthcare, and
economic development, concluding that despite nationalization,
distinct state-level effects vary by issue as partisan actors exert
their discursive power.
In recent years American and European societies have confronted
increasing concerns over the effects of globalization,
environmental degradation, and excessive consumption, as well as
questions about the ability of civic society to address these
concerns. As citizens are pushed to consume more and to celebrate
the individual to the detriment of civic engagement, the interplay
between consumption, markets, media, politics, and the
citizen-consumer remains a complex and provocative topic. Has civil
society declined in favor of consumer society? Can we separate
civic culture from consumer culture? Some scholars argue that the
rise of political consumerism or lifestyle politics - where
socially conscious consumers support or boycott products and
corporations in ways that demonstrate their political views -
illustrates just how tightly interwoven consumption and civic duty
have become. Furthermore, political campaigns as well as social
movements and initiatives have become steeped in marketing tactics
using branding, staged media events, and market segmentation
strategies. What are the effects of socially conscious consumerism
on civil society? In October 2006, an international conference
titled "The Politics of Consumption/The Consumption of Politics"
drew leading scholars from Europe and North America to discuss
these challenging questions and issues. Using theory and research,
the conference spurred lively discussion as well as the insightful
papers included in this special volume of The ANNALS. Central
themes included in this volume: The relations between consumers,
citizens, and the state Consumer and citizen responses to the
market The branding of politicians and social movements Political
consumerism as a form of activism Scholars and students will find
that while these essays address crucial issues, they also shed
light on the levels of complexity of this important topic, serving
as a springboard for further research on the politics of
consumption. Drawing from a myriad of disciplines, including
political science, sociology, communication, media studies, and
economics, this volume is a must-have for scholars, professionals,
and policymakers who want to better understand modern consumer
society and its implications for the political and civic arena.
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