Deliberation, The Media and Political Talk (International Association for Media and Communication Research) - Softcover

Rousiley Maia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1612890253 ISBN 13: 9781612890258

Publisher: Hampton Press, 2012

Synopsis

In recent years democratic theory has taken a deliberative turn and one central question that needs to be answered is how to connect face-to-face conversations and deliberations in particular forums to broader discussions in the larger society. Working within the cutting edges of deliberative theories, this text surveys the role of the mass media in the deliberative system and investigates, through a set of empirical cases, a range of key problems in the media arena. The general aim of this book is to show that the mass media have an important place in deliberative democracy and to enrich political and media theories with new findings

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About the Author

Rousiley C. M. Maia is Associate Professor in the Department of Social Communication at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil, and the leader of the Research Group on Media and Public Sphere (EME) in this institution. She obtained her M.A and Ph.D. in politics at the University of Nottingham, UK (in 1989 and 1992 respectively), and was a visiting scholar at Boston College, USA (2010-2011).

Edition details

• Publisher: Hampton Press
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1612890253
• ISBN 13: 9781612890258
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 388