The Politics of Misinformation

ISBN-13: 9780521805100 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 152 str.

Murray Edelman; W. Lance Bennett; Robert M. Entman

Opis

The Politics of Misinformation is an examination of how concentrations of social and economic power result in public languages of politics that are necessarily image-based, vague, and misleading in their denial of undemocratic tendencies. As a result, public discourses of democracy tend to be populistic, emotional, and likely to emphasize images of progress rather than structural inequalities in their formulations of public problems. In short, neither typical problem definitions nor solutions invite critical popular understanding or involvement in democratic politics.

Recenzje

"Those deeply pessimistic about contemporary American politics will find great comfort in this volume." Choice

Spis treści

1. Images; 2. Social change; 3. Authority; 4. Public opinion; 5. Institutions; 6. Language; 7. Science; 8. Crime as an example.