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Book SynopsisIs deliberative democracy the ideal goal of free speech? How do social movement organizations, activists, and political candidates use the media to frame their discourse. This text aims to answer these and other questions and provide a foundation for evaluating the state of democratic discourse.
Trade ReviewConcerned with the intersection and interdependence of public deliberation, democracy, and a politically free but responsible mass media, this volume of essays by prominent scholars in a variety of fields constitutes an important contribution to the literature on the wellsprings and safeguards of free speech, democracy, and civil society in the literally heavily-mediated social world of today. Particularly illuminating and provocative is the book’s interdisciplinary discussion of the ways in which the media is and can be used in the service of deliberative equality within the public sphere—and of the ways in which the media can function both to facilitate and inhibit deliberative democracy. -- David A. Snow, University of Arizona
Chambers and Costain have assembled an amazing variety of scholars on the subjects of media content and dynamics, democracy, and activism. The blending of approaches and subjects within the book makes for an interesting as well as much needed compilation. -- Christian Davenport, University of Maryland
This book explores a number of key debates within deliberative democracy. * Political Theory *
A winning combination of social theory, empiricism, and critical good sense by a diverse and very impressive array of contributors. -- Herbert W. Simons, Temple University, author of Persuasion in Society, editor of The Rhetorical Turn
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction Part 2 Part I: Democratic Deliberation Chapter 3 Free Speech, Democratic Deliberation, and Valuing Types of Speech Chapter 4 Promoting Informed Deliberation and a First Amendment Doctrine for a Digital Age: Toward a New Regulatory Regime for Broadcast Regulation Part 5 Part II: Deliberative Equality and the Media Chapter 6 Multicultural Democracy Chapter 7 The Division of Labor in Democratic Discourse: Media, Experts, and Deliberative Democracy Chapter 8 The Means of Communication and the Discourse on Sovereignty Part 9 Part III: News Reporting and Coverage Chapter 10 The Unheralded Functions of Campaign News Chapter 11 Media Effects: Paradigms for the Analysis of Local Television News Part 12 Part IV: Media Representation of Social Movements Chapter 13 Movement Strategy and Dramaturgic Framing in Democratic States: The Case of the American Civil Rights Movement Chapter 14 Body Rhetoric: Conflicted Reporting of Bodies in Pain Chapter 15 Media Portrayal of "Second Wave" Feminist Groups Part 16 Part V: Culture and Rhetoric Chapter 17 The Banality of Evil, The Evil of Banality Chapter 18 A Culture of Publicity
