Illing Sean
Illing Sean - The Paradox Of Democracy Free Speech Open Media And Perilous Persuasion - Hardcover
Illing Sean - The Paradox Of Democracy Free Speech Open Media And Perilous Persuasion - Hardcover
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Description: 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.
Title: The Paradox Of Democracy Free Speech Open Media And Perilous Persuasion
Author(s): Illing Sean
Publisher: The University Of Chicago Press
Barcode: 9780226681702
Pages: 320 Pages
Publication Date: 6/16/2022
Category: Press & Journalism
Description: 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.
Title: The Paradox Of Democracy Free Speech Open Media And Perilous Persuasion
Author(s): Illing Sean
Publisher: The University Of Chicago Press
Barcode: 9780226681702
Pages: 320 Pages
Publication Date: 6/16/2022
Category: Press & Journalism
