Deliberation, Democracy, and the Media

Contributions by James Bohman, Andrew Calabrese, Heather Fraizer, Roderick P. Hart, Gerard A. Hauser, Shanto Iyengar, Alison M. Jaggar, Mark Kingwell, Doug McAdam, James W. Nickel, Phil Weiser Edited by Simone Chambers, Anne Costain

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Publication date:

26 September 2000

Length of book:

232 pages

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

ISBN-13: 9780847698103

Is deliberative democracy the ideal goal of free speech? How do social movement organizations, activists, and political candidates use the media to frame their discourse? What responsibilities does the media have in maintaining or promoting democracy? In this broadly interdisciplinary volume, top scholars in communication, political science, sociology, law, and philosophy offer new perspectives on these and other intersections within democratic discourse and media. Interweaving elements of social, political, and communication theory, they take on First Amendment and legal issues, privacy rights, media effects and agenda setting, publicity, multiculturalism, gender issues, universalism and global culture, and the rhetoric of the body, among other topics. This unique book provides a foundation for evaluating the current state of democratic discourse and will be of interest to students and scholars of deliberative democracy across the social sciences.

Chapter 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

This book explores a number of key debates within deliberative democracy.