Overcoming Social Polarization

An Exploration of Deliberative Democracy, Communication Ethics, and Post-Truth America

AvJessica L. Neu,Robert E. Denton Jr

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

Del i serien Bloomsbury Studies in Political Communication

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Beskrivning

In this book, Jessica Neu explores how to advance the discussion of deliberative democracy in an era defined by widespread social polarization and identity politics. By utilizing the communication ethics scholarship of Ronald C. Arnett as a theoretical framework and reference point for analysis, Neu analyzes several pop culture artifacts to demonstrate how communication ethics and narrative-driven perspectives can be applied pragmatically in order to reach dialogic civility in a post-truth era. Through recognizing each artifact’s relationship with rhetoric, Neu highlights how they each represent ways in which discursive environment in physical space can be utilized to promote depolarization. Ultimately, this book provides a paradigmatic model that demonstrates how any individual can utilize this framework of communication ethics and deliberative democracy to enter a space of dialogic civility to depolarize our current post-truth world.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2024-12-15
Mått:152 x 229 x 21 mm
Vikt:428 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Bloomsbury Studies in Political Communication
Antal sidor:188
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781666967791

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Mer om författaren

Jessica L. Neu is adjunct instructor in the field of Communication at Duquesne University and Carlow University.

Recensioner i media

With political, cultural and social contestations at a fever pitch, Neu’s book commendably realizes its goal of providing a rhetorical détente in an ever-increasing polarized world. As theoretically sound as it is practical, Neu offers a sanguine and aspirational approach to maintaining democracy through dialogic civility.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1: An Introduction of Deliberative Democracy and Identity PoliticsChapter 2: An Exploration of Ronald C. Arnett’s ScholarshipChapter 3: An Arnettian Understanding of Philosophy of CommunicationChapter 4: What is the Post-Truth Era and How Did We Get Here?Chapter 5: Our Current Historical Moment in the Post-Truth EraChapter 6: An Exploration of Will Arbery’s Heroes of the Fourth TurningChapter 7: How Themes in Heroes of the Fourth Turning Promote Democracy Through Engagement of Otherness Chapter 8: What Are We Trying For? Exploring the Divisiveness of Jason Aldean’s “Try That in a Small Town”Chapter 9: Public Response to “Try That in a Small Town and Aldean’s DefenseChapter 10: Can Society Get Closer by Watching The Closer? How Comedy Functions as a Self-Reflective Tool in Developing a Deliberative Democratic Social Model Chapter 11: A Rhetorical Turn - The Return of Stories and VirtuesChapter 12: Conclusion: A Return Home