Battleground: Asymmetric Communication Ecologies and the Erosion of Civil Society in Wisconsin

ISBN-13: 9781108925068 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022

Madison) Wells Chris (University of Wisconsin

Opis

This Element looks into how politics, social life, and communication intersect and create conditions of polarization and democratic decline.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Why Wisconsin?; 2. Communication ecologies, social structure, and lifeworld; 3. Studying the Wisconsin communication ecology; 4. Immigration: Complex issues and conservative asymmetries; 5. Healthcare: A national issue with lifeworld implications; 6. Foxconn and economic development in the local communication ecology; 7. Understanding communication ecologies in asymmetric media systems; 8. Conclusion; References.