The paradox of democracy : free speech, open media, and perilous persuasion /
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| Author / Creator: | Gershberg, Zachary, 1980- author. |
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| Imprint: | Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2022] ©2022 |
| Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 329 pages) |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13459401 |
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The paradox of democracy : |b free speech, open media, and perilous persuasion / |c Sean Illing, Zac Gershberg. |
| 264 | 1 | |a Chicago : |b University of Chicago Press, |c [2022] | |
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a The Bias and the Disruption -- Mere Rhetoric: From Free Speech to Bread and Circuses -- The News-Print Revolution -- The Rise of the Public(s): From a Fuller World to Morse's Macrocosm -- This Is Fascism -- Playing Checkers: An Uneasy Triumph for Liberal Democracy -- The Death of Liberal Democracy: Have We Got Fake(d) News for You -- Democracy, If We Can Keep It. | |
| 520 | |a A thought-provoking history of communications that challenges ideas about freedom of speech and democracy. At the heart of democracy lies a contradiction that cannot be resolved, one that has affected free societies since their advent: Though freedom of speech and media has always been a necessary condition of democracy, that very freedom is also its greatest threat. When new forms of communications arrive, they often bolster the practices of democratic politics. But the more accessible the media of a society, the more susceptible that society is to demagoguery, distraction, and spectacle. Tracing the history of media disruption and the various responses to it over time, Zac Gershberg and Sean Illing reveal how these changes have challenged democracy--often with unsettling effects. The Paradox of Democracy captures the deep connection between communication and political culture, from the ancient art of rhetoric and the revolutionary role of newspapers to liberal broadcast media and the toxic misinformation of the digital public sphere. With clear-eyed analysis, Gershberg and Illing show that our contemporary debates over media, populism, and cancel culture are not too different from democratic cultural experiences of the past. As we grapple with a fast-changing, hyper-digital world, they prove democracy is always perched precipitously on a razor's edge, now as ever before. | ||
| 546 | |a In English. | ||
| 588 | 0 | |a Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. May 2022). | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Democracy |x Philosophy. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Journalism |x Political aspects. |0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85070743 | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Mass media and public opinion. |0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94005026 | |
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