The Public Voice in a Democracy at Risk

Herausgeber: Salvador, Michael; Sias, Patricia M.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This collection assesses the condition of civic dialogue in our avowedly participatory democracy and suggests specific educational, institutional, and individual actions to enhance the contemporary public debate of social and political issues. An interdisciplinary group of distinguished scholars examines current problems and potential improvements in areas such as citizenship education, media literacy, critical viewing skills, civic journalism, the internet and democratic dialogue, media coverage of political campaigns, the recovery of excluded cultural voices, and citizen engagement in media and electoral processes. The book is divided into four parts: the first summarizes many of the predominant criticisms leveled at what passes for democratic debate in America today. Each of the next three parts focuses on specific areas for potential enhancement: public education, the mass media, and citizen awareness. The Public Voice in a Democracy at Risk offers important insights for scholars, students, and citizens interested in fostering participatory democracy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Januar 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 495g
• ISBN-13: 9780275960131
• ISBN-10: 0275960137
• Artikelnr.: 25568293

Autorenporträt

MICHAEL SALVADOR is Associate Professor of Speech Communication in the Edward R. Murrow School of Communication at Washington State University. PATRICIA M. SIAS is Assistant Professor of Communication in the Edward R. Murrow School of Communication at Washington State University.

Inhaltsangabe

Democracy and Communication Practicing Democracy by Michael Salvador
Creating Civic Connections by Robert Schmuhl Two Questions for Populists by
Charles Arthur Willard Education The Significance of Critical Communication
Skills in a Democracy by Jodi R. Cohen Building Citizenship Skills through
Media Literacy Education by Renee Hobbs Citizenship: The Forgotten Trust
that Puts Democracy at Risk by John S. Burns Collaborations Collaborating
to Hear Public Voices by Karlyn Kohrs Campbell Does Civic Journalism Have a
Future? by Edmund B. Lambeth Media Critics and Newsgroups-Embedded
Newspapers: Making Attentive Citizens Attentive by Richard A. Pride
Reflections On Discursive Amnesia: Reinventing the Possibilities for
Democracy through Discursive Amnesty by Wen Shu Lee and Philip C. Wander
The Search for Intimacy in American Politics by Roderick P. Hart Continuing
the Conversation in a Democracy Always at Risk by Patricia M. Sias Index