Political Communication and Deliberation

Political Communication and Deliberation
Автор
 
Год
 
Страниц
 
344
ISBN
 
9781412916288
Издатель
 
Sage Publications
Категория
 
Поступления - 2008 г. Наука. Природа. Справочная информация

Описание:

The act of deliberation is the act of reflecting carefully on a matter and weighing the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions to a problem. It aims to arrive at a decision or judgment based not only on facts and data but also on values, emotions, and other less technical considerations. Though a solitary individual can deliberate, it more commonly means making decisions together, as a small group, an organization, or a nation. "Political Communication and Deliberation" takes a unique approach to the field of political communication by viewing key concepts and research through the lens of deliberative democratic theory. This is the first text to argue that communication is central to democratic self-governance primarily because of its potential to facilitate public deliberation. Thus, it offers political communication instructors a new perspective on familiar topics, and it provides those teaching courses on political deliberation with their first central textbook. This...

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